2014 GED® Test Resources
GED Ready™ - Mathematical Reasoning
What Your Score Means: Yellow Zone — Too Close to Call
Yellow Zone: Too Close To Call
Scoring into the Yellow Zone on GED Ready™ - Mathematical Reasoning shows that you may
or may not have demonstrated the skills required to pass the 2014 GED® test – Mathematical
Reasoning.
Although your performance on GED Ready™ - Mathematical Reasoning shows your score is
in a range where test-takers could sometimes pass this content area of the 2014 GED® test,
your result only represents an indication of your preparedness and does not guarantee a
positive result on the GED® test. Many test-takers who score in this range ultimately do pass
the 2014 GED® test - Mathematical Reasoning on their first attempt. However, many testtakers who score in this range may need more preparation in this content area in order to
pass the GED® test.
Test-takers who score in this zone typically show that they can perform the following skills at a
basic level:
Quantitative Problem Solving With Rational Numbers
Placing fractions and decimals in order, including when using a number line.
Simplifying numerical expressions with rational exponents in a basic way.
Performing computations with and solving problems using rational numbers in a basic way.
Writing and computing with numerical expressions with squares, square roots, cubes, and cube
roots of positive, rational numbers in a limited and/or inconsistent way.
Determining when a numerical expression is undefined.
Computing unit rates in a basic way.
Using scale factors to figure out the magnitude of a size change and converting between actual
drawings and scale drawings.
Solving two-step, arithmetic, real world problems that involve ratios, proportions, and percents in a
satisfactory way.
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Quantitative Problem Solving in Measurement
Computing the area and perimeter of triangles, rectangles, and composite figures in a basic way.
Finding the side lengths of triangles and rectangles, when given area or perimeter, in a basic way.
Computing volume and surface area of rectangular prisms, cylinders, and spheres in a basic way.
Finding the height, radius, diameter, or side lengths of rectangular prisms, cylinders, and spheres in
a basic way, when given volume or surface area.
Representing, displaying, and interpreting categorical data in bar graphs, circle graphs, dot plots,
histograms, and box plots.
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Calculating the median, mode, weighted average, and missing data value when you are given the
average and all the missing data values except for one.
Algebraic Problem Solving With Expressions and Equations
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Computing with linear expressions in a limited and/or inconsistent way.
Writing linear expressions and linear and quadratic equations in a basic way, with written
descriptions you have been given.
Computing with polynomials in a basic way.
Evaluating polynomial and rational expressions.
Solving algebraic and real-world problems that involve linear equations in a basic way.
Solving algebraic and real-world problems with inequalities in a basic way and graphing solutions
on a number line.
Solving quadratic equations in one variable in a basic way.
Algebraic Problem Solving With Graphs and Functions
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Locating points and graph linear equations on the coordinate plane in a basic way.
Finding the slope of a line from a graph, equation, or table in a basic way.
Understanding that a unit rate is equivalent to slope in a proportional relationship.
For a linear or nonlinear relationship, sketching graphs and interpreting key features of graphs and
tables in quantitative terms in a basic way.
Writing the equation of a line when given the slope and a point or two distinct points in a limited
and/or inconsistent way.
Using slope to identify parallel and perpendicular lines, and solving geometric problems in a limited
and/or inconsistent way.
Using a table or graph to represent or identify a function as having exactly one output for each
input.
Evaluating linear and quadratic functions.
In order to progress to the GED ReadyTM Green Zone, which indicates that you are likely to
pass the 2014 GED® test – Mathematical Reasoning, you should strengthen the skills listed in
the Red and Yellow Zones and apply them at a satisfactory level of proficiency, with a
particular focus the following Yellow Zone skills:
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Simplifying numerical expressions with rational exponents.
Writing and computing with numerical expressions with squares and square roots of positive,
rational numbers.
Solving problems using rational numbers.
Solving two-step, arithmetic, real world problems involving ratios, proportions, and percents.
Computing volume and surface area of cylinders.
Computing with polynomials.
Solving algebraic and real-world problems with inequalities.
Solving quadratic equations in one variable.
Locating points and graph linear equations on the coordinate plane.
Writing the equation of a line when given the slope and a point or two distinct points.
Using slope to identify parallel and perpendicular lines, and solving geometric problems.
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GED Ready™ - Mathematical Reasoning What Your Score Means: Yellow Zone (continued)
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Identifying the absolute value of a rational number as its distance from 0 on the number line and
find the distance between two rational numbers on the number line.
Computing the area and circumference of circles and polygons.
Using the Pythagorean Theorem (a2 + b2 = c2) to determine unknown side lengths in a right triangle.
Computing volume and surface area of right pyramids and cones.
Using counting techniques to solve problems and find combinations and permutations.
Creating polynomial and rational expressions from written descriptions you have been given.
Factoring polynomials.
Computing with rational expressions.
Comparing two different proportional relationships or two linear or quadratic functions when each is
represented in different ways.
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