GED Academy Links

Read about author and physicist Alan Lightman, who combines science and writing… (more…)

To do your best on the GED, you need to understand how to use the answer sheets, and the math test has special grids to enter non-multiple-choice answers. So learn about how they work… (more…)

Be familiar with all the different shapes you might run into on the GED… from circles and squares to parallelograms! Learn more… (more…)

The geometry of lines and angles is important for the GED test. Wherever two lines meet, they make an angle… at the corner of a square or triangle… where two roads cross… or where two lines meet. So learn more… (more…)

Volume is the measure of the amount of space inside a shape. How much candy will fit in a jar? How many boxes will fit in a truck? Find out how to find the volume of simple shapes… (more…)

What is area? It means finding the amount of surface a shape has. For example… how much carpet will it take to cover your floor? That’s area. How much paint will it take to paint your wall? That’s area. How much lawn do you need to cover your yard? That’s area, too. Learn how to find area of many different shapes… (more…)

What are perimeter and circumferece? They’re just the distance around the outside of a shape. That’s all! Learn more… (more…)

Slope is the angle of a line… is it steep or not? Is it going up to the left or up to the right? You’ll need to know some basics about slope for the GED, so learn more… (more…)

The GED test expects you to know how to graph points and lines on a “coordinate grid.” That’s a grid with an x and y axis, as starting places to find points. Learn more about this important topic: (more…)

What is a “square root”? It means you’re trying to find a number that, multiplied by itself, equals the number you started with. So, the square root of 25 is 5, because 5 times 5 is 25. Learn more about square roots… (more…)