My Fast and Smart Road to the GED

Dec

GED Election Practice Question… Answered

Posted by Curtis Published in GED Math, GED Practice Question, Number Sense

Yeah, everyone says there ain’t math in everyday life like in the GED math test, but look at how math makes a difference in who gets to be president? That’s a big deal… and you can see the same sort of math on the GED. So, here’s the question…

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Oct

Rice Ratios… Gotta love that GED Math.

Posted by Curtis Published in Ratios

Ratios are pretty important for the GED math test. And if you can use ‘em ever day, like when you’re cooking, you’ll exercise your GED thinking muscles. It’s pretty easy, right? A ratio just shows the relationship between two numbers. 1:2 ratio means, if you got 1 of something, you have 2 of something else. [...]

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Jul

Rice Ratios… GED Math in the Kitchen?

Posted by Curtis Published in Ratios

I’m a guy, right? So you know I don’t cook. Yeah, yeah, I got ketchup in my fridge, that’s about it. But Maria came all up in here tryin’ to teach me to make somethin’ to eat. Okay, yeah, a guy’s gotta eat.

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May

GED Math in Elections?

Posted by Curtis Published in Statistics

Yo. So, part of GED math is knowing how to understand data, right? What do you make of all the data we hear about elections? Yeah, that’s right, election year’s almost here, and all the candidates are yappin’ on the airwaves and tryin’ to put the best spin on their election. You know how it [...]

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Apr

Speed GED…in a Sweet Vette…

Posted by Curtis Published in Interest, Percentages

Yo, hey, I found this sweet ride…. Chevy ‘Vette… convertible…honey blue and black leather inside. Kinda used, so it’s only $27,599. A steal, right?

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Apr

GED Math for Christmas?

Posted by Curtis Published in Percentages

Hey, I just heard on the TV news, how you’re only s’posed to spend 1.5% of your year’s takehome pay on Christmas gifts… yeah, it’s that time of the year again… so if I’m makin’ $20,000 grand… 20,000 x .015 = $300 … (1% is 200, plus half that, $300)… Can’t have Christmas on 300 [...]

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Mar

GED Math… What’s the Best Deal?

Posted by Curtis Published in Interest, Percentages

Maybe pullin’ out the calculator’s the best way to figure this one out. Here’s the deal: I gotta buy me a sweet ‘Vette for $27,599. And I can pick one of two deals: $3,000 bucks off and 4.9% interest for 60 months Full price and 1.9% interest for 48 months

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Feb

GED Math: Getting Your Street Math

Posted by Curtis Published in GED Math, Number Sense

You know, one of the things that helps me out with all this GED math is doin’ estimatin’ in my head. I figured this all comes from figurin’ out how much stuff costs, you know. It all comes back to the cash. So try this… next time you go get groceries, keep track in your [...]

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Jan

GED Math in Real Life… Mean? Median?

Posted by Curtis Published in GED Math, Statistics

Hey. I’ve been looking for ways to mix up GED preparation with real life… and last time I talked about how you can look up information about different jobs on http://www.bls.gov/oco/. I looked up the information about being a mechanic. And it kept talking about “median.”

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Jan

How Much Do Mechanics Make?

Posted by Curtis Published in Statistics

Y’all know I do some auto work, right? Well, I started wonderin’ if I was really making the money I ought to make. So I went to this website that tells all about different jobs: http://www.bls.gov/oco/ I looked up mechanics, and here’s what it said: Median hourly earnings of automotive service technicians and mechanics, including [...]

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