Help with the GED Math Test
Name: Sasha
Age: 22
City and State: Philadelphia, PA
What motivated you to get your GED degree? I always knew I needed my diploma.
How have your friends and family helped you? My family was always there helping me study and telling me to never give up.
What problems have you faced? I have taken all my GED exams and passed all but one: math. I’ve taken it 8 times in the past 3 years, and I don’t know what to do. I have taken classes and studied in every way.
What do you hope to gain from getting your GED degree? I hope to continue my education and find employment. I’m not getting any younger.
Do you have more to your story? I never wanted to drop out. I just wanted to graduate sooner, so I went to job corps. That didnt work out. Now I’m stuck with no education or employment. I’m embarrassed of how many times ive taken the ged math and still can’t pass it. I just feel like giving up. I even went and tried the EOP program to get my highschool diploma. With my luck, I went for a year, then the program was taken out the school.
Sasha,
It sounds like you’re really trying hard and continuing to hit road blocks! If you’ve taken classes and are still struggling, then you need to find someone to talk to one-on-one. Math is a big subject, and you need to find out exactly what about Math is tripping you up. Taking practice tests are a good way to see what problems you missed and study those types of problems specifically. I’d stop thinking of it in terms of, “I have a problem with math” though, and start thinking about exactly what the issue is. Do you have a problem with fractions? Word Problems? Algebra? Start there, and hold off on taking the math test again until you’re confident you can pass.
Good luck!
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December 22nd, 2010 @ 12:17 pm
Am sad to say yeah I failed my math test again. I can’t get over 400 am so brother by this this is taken alot out of me. I pass ever thing else I just need 20 points and am on my way to a better life in higher education. I don’t know what to do am so angry that I can’t pass this test Iv’e done ever thing to get my self ready for the test you name it I done it and still the same results. HELP
March 12th, 2011 @ 2:12 pm
I DID IT. I pass finally I just got my ged today am so happy. Now off to hair school. Life feels so great when you no where your heading.
March 12th, 2011 @ 6:11 pm
Congratulations! If you’d like, you can tell us a little more about your story here.
March 12th, 2011 @ 8:07 pm
I have had problems with the GED math. I was told that you could still pass the GED, if your other test
scores were passing. Is this true,because I have s score over 2000.
March 13th, 2011 @ 9:01 am
Here’s a good article on how the GED scoring works!
April 22nd, 2011 @ 7:02 pm
I failed the GED math session today by 10 points. I’m totally crushed. Passing means so much to me. I feel like a total fail. It hurts so much an no one around me knows just how painful it feels to me. They all say its ok you’ll do better next time, just do it over. Easy for them to say cause their not the ones affected by it. i want more than anything to feel like a winner. i want to feel successful not a failure. Every around me is progressing an im just stuck in the same failing spot an it hurts. I put my heart into it an it meant nothing. My boyfriend says he understands but he doesnt. He just expects me to feel “happy go lucky”,but he never encouraged me from the start. Hes only concerned about how he wanted to do Pa Act 235 classes an waiting for tbe the money to do so. Yes hes jealous cause im in my needed GED class an he hasnt started his. I guess the one positive thing is, I scored pretty high on the other test. Although I feel so discouraged after failing, I’m still gonna press on a re test again until I pass. Getting my GED is the taste that makes my mouth water,so I have to stay determined.