Contents -- Credits -- Before You Begin -- The Diagnostic Practice Test and Process -- The Practice Tests -- Special Study Features -- Word List -- You're Well on Your Way to Success -- Give Us Your Feedback -- Part I -- The ged® Tests- the Basics -- All About the GED® Test -- The 2014 GED® Test -- What is the GED® Test? -- The Four GED® Tests-At a Glance -- GED® Test Scoring and Passing Requirements -- GED® Test Availability, Scheduling, and Fees -- Retaking All or Part of the GED® Test -- Score Transcripts and Your GED® Certificate -- Getting Ready for the GED® Tests -- Obtaining More Information about the GED® Test -- Top 10 GED® Test-taking Tips -- Summing It Up -- Part II -- Determining Strengths and Weaknesses -- Practice Test 1: Diagnostic -- Directions for Taking the Diagnostic Test -- Reasoning Through Language Arts -- Mathematical Reasoning -- Science -- Social Studies -- Answer Key and Explanations -- Are You Ready to Take the GED® Test? -- Part III -- Reasoning Through Language Arts -- Mastering Reading Comprehension -- Taking the Reasoning Through Language Arts Test-Reading Comprehension -- Understanding Nonfiction -- Understanding Fiction -- General Test-taking Strategies -- Summing It Up -- Mastering Language Comprehension -- All about the Reasoning Through Language Arts Test-Language Comprehension -- Answering Questions -- General Test-taking Strategies -- Summing It Up -- Mastering Extended Response -- All about the Reasoning Through Language Arts Test-Extended Response -- How GED® Test Extended Response Essays are Evaluated -- What's Not Tested -- How GED® Test Extended Response Essays are Scored -- The Extended Response Essay Topic -- Writing Your Extended Response Essay: From Brainstorm to Final Product -- Developing and Connecting Your Paragraphs -- Writing Style -- Sample Extended Response.

Suggestions for Writing and Evaluating Your Practice Extended Response Essay -- General Test-taking Strategies -- Summing It Up -- Writing Review -- Sentence Structure -- Usage -- Verb Tense -- Writing Mechanics -- Summing It Up -- Part IV -- The Social Studies Test -- Mastering the Social Studies Test -- All About the Social Studies Test -- What's Tested -- Formats Used for GED® Social Studies Questions -- Subject Areas for GED® Social Studies Questions -- Source Material for GED® Social Studies Questions -- Question Types Based on the Four Skill Areas -- Questions Based on Visual Depictions -- Extended Response (ER) Items -- General Test-taking Strategies -- Summing It Up -- Social Studies Review -- History -- Civics and Government -- The U.S. Government -- Canadian Government -- Economics -- Geography -- Historical Documents on the GED® Social Studies Test -- Canadian History -- Summing It Up -- Part V -- The Science Test -- Mastering the Science Test -- All About the Science Test -- What's Tested-and What's Not Tested -- Formats Used for GED® Science Questions -- Subject Areas for GED® Science Questions -- Question Types Based on the Four Skill Areas -- Application Questions -- Questions Based on Visual Depictions -- General Test-taking Strategies -- Summing It Up -- Science Review -- What You'll Find in This Review -- Science and the Scientific Method -- Life Science: Biology -- Earth and Space Science -- Chemistry -- Physics -- Summing It Up -- Part VII -- The Mathematical Reasoning Test -- Mastering the Mathematical Reasoning Test -- All About the Mathematical Reasoning Test -- Format and Features of the Mathematical Reasoning Test -- Measurements and the Mathematical Reasoning Test -- Using the Texas Instrument TI-30XS Calculator -- Alternate Format Questions -- Strategies for Solving Math Problems.

Analyzing Graphical Data (Graphs, Charts, and Tables) -- Rounding, Simplifying, and Checking Your Calculations -- General Test-taking Strategies -- Summing It Up -- Math Review: Numbers -- What You'll Find in This Review -- Order and Laws of Operations -- Number Signs and the Four Basic Operations -- Integers and the Four Basic Operations -- Factors, Multiples, and Divisibility -- Decimal Numbers, Fractions, and Percentages -- Ratio and Proportion -- Ratios Involving More than Two Quantities -- Exponents (Powers) and Scientific Notation -- Square Roots (and Other Roots) -- Summing It Up -- Math Review: Algebra and Descriptive Statistics -- What You'll Find in This Review -- Linear Equations in One Variable -- Linear Equations in Two Variables -- Linear Equations That Can't Be Solved -- Solving Algebraic Inequalities -- Factorable Quadratic Expressions (One Variable) -- Factorable Quadratic Expressions (Two Variables) -- Functions -- Measures of Central Tendency (Mean, Median, and Range) -- Arithmetic Series -- Probability -- Word Problems Involving Formulas -- Summing It Up -- Math Review: Geometry -- What You'll Find in This Review -- Congruency and Similarity -- Angles -- Triangles -- Quadrilaterals -- Polygons -- Circles -- Three-Dimensional (3-D) Geometric Figures -- Right-Triangle Trigonometry -- Coordinate Geometry -- Summing It Up -- Part VII -- Two Practice Tests -- Practice Test 2 -- Directions for Taking the Practice Test -- Reasoning Through Language Arts -- Mathematical Reasoning -- Science -- Social Studies -- Answer Key and Explanations -- Are You Ready to Take the GED® Test? -- Practice Test 3 -- Directions for Taking the Practice Test -- Reasoning Through Language Arts -- Mathematical Reasoning -- Science -- Social Studies -- Answer Key and Explanations -- Are You Ready to Take the GED® Test? -- Word List.