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GED Practice 2

Practice 2 for GED: 25 questions, explained answers, and a review routine.

These questions are for study practice only and are not official exam questions.

Question 1

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A ladder reaches 12 feet up a wall with its base 5 feet from the wall. Assuming a right angle between wall and ground, how long is the ladder?

Question 2

2

In a simple electric circuit, what is the function of an open switch?

Question 3

3

A table lists turnout of 600 voters out of 1,000 eligible residents. What is the turnout rate?

Question 4

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Original passage A: The school garden gives students practical science experience. Original passage B: The garden also requires regular watering during vacations, which must be planned. How are the passages related?

Question 5

5

A jacket priced at $60 is discounted by 25%. What is the sale price before tax?

Question 6

6

A food web includes algae eaten by small fish, which are eaten by herons. In this chain, which organism is the producer?

Question 7

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A city opened a training center, and unemployment later fell. National unemployment also fell during the period. What limits a causal conclusion about the center?

Question 8

8

Which sentence uses an apostrophe correctly for one customer's order?

Question 9

9

A table shows 14, 18, 18, 21, and 29 books borrowed by five readers. What is the median?

Question 10

10

A trait is modeled by alleles B and b, with B dominant. Two Bb parents are crossed. What fraction of offspring is expected to be bb?

Question 11

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Two regions have the same total income, but one has twice the population. How does its income per person compare?

Question 12

12

Original passage: The chef called the recipe adaptable because cooks could substitute several vegetables without changing the basic method. Adaptable most nearly means what?

Question 13

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What is the mean of 8, 10, 12, and 18?

Question 14

14

Water changes from liquid to vapor while remaining water molecules. What kind of change is this?

Question 15

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An index rises from 120 to 126. What is the percentage change?

Question 16

16

Choose the grammatically correct sentence.

Question 17

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A quantity grows from 80 to 100. What is the percentage increase?

Question 18

18

Which observation most directly supports that a chemical reaction occurred?

Question 19

19

Why might a historical map and a modern map show different national borders?

Question 20

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Original passage: The guide first explains how to sort compost materials, then how to layer them, and finally how to check moisture. How is it organized?

Question 21

21

The formula C = 15 + 4h gives a rental cost in dollars for h hours. What is the cost for 6 hours?

Question 22

22

Which structure contains most of the genetic material in a typical human body cell?

Question 23

23

A historian compares a factory owner's account of a strike with workers' letters. Why consult both?

Question 24

24

Choose the correct completion: The program teaches participants to budget, to save, and ___.

Question 25

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A room is 12 feet long and 9 feet wide. What is its floor area?

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