GED: Test Outline
The five tests take a total of seven hours and five minutes to complete.
| Test | Content | # Questions | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Language Arts: Writing (Part I) |
Organization - 15% Sentence Structure - 30% Mechanics - 25% Usage - 30% |
50 | 1 hour, 15 minutes |
| Language Arts: Writing (Part 2) |
Essay Component |
Essay | 45 minutes |
| Language Arts: Reading |
Literary Text 75%
|
40 | 1 hour, 5 minutes |
| Mathematics |
Numbers, Number Sense and Operations - 20-30% Data, Statistics, and Probability - 20-30% Geometry and Measurement - 20-30% Algebra, Functions, and Patterns - 20-30% |
50 | 1 hour, 30 minutes |
| Social Studies |
History - 40% Civics - 25% Economics - 20% Geography - 15% |
50 | 1 hour, 10 minutes |
| Science |
Life Science - 45% (Biology and Health) Earth and Space Science - 20% Physical Science - 35% (Chemistry and Physics) |
50 | 1 hour, 20 minutes |
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