GED MATH ACTUAL EXAM PAPER 2026
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Evaluate.
Answer: to find the value of a numerical or algebraic expression; to solve an
equation
◍ cubic units.
Answer: the units volume is measured in
◍ what is a rate?.
Answer: a ratio that compares two quantities with different units:example:
36 miles in four days = 34/4
◍ Inequality.
Answer: a statement that two amount are not equal. For example, < (less
than) or > (greater than)
◍ principal.
Answer: an amount of money borrowed or invested
◍ isoceles triangle.
Answer: Triangle with 2 equal sides and 2 equal angles (sum of all angles is
180)
◍ how do you check if a number is a multiple of another number?.
Answer: by dividing it into that number and it has no remainder example:
378/6 = 63. 378 is the multiple
◍ what is a unit rate?.
Answer: a rate with a denominator of 1 example: 36/4 = 9/1 is the unit rate
◍ Numerator.
Answer: the top number in a fraction
,◍ Sphere.
Answer: a 3-dimensional figure each point of which is an equal distance
from the center
◍ what is the product rule?.
Answer: when multiplying like bases, add the exponent
◍ a cubed root is...
Answer: THREE same numbers multiplied together to make the root
◍ how many unique ways can you arrange numbers 1-4.
Answer: 1x2x3x4 = 24.
◍ when dividing fractions....
Answer: you flip the last fraction and multiply
◍ How do you convert a fraction to a decimal?.
Answer: you divide the numerator by the denominator
◍ What are multiples?.
Answer: Numbers that a set number can multiply to
◍ how would you do this problem:18 is what percent of 60?.
Answer: 18/60 =0.300.30 x 100 = 30%
◍ How do you convert a mixed fraction to a decimal?.
Answer: you divide the numerator bythe denominator, then add the whole
number
◍ quadrant.
Answer: one-fourth of a coordinate grid, formed by the intersecting axes
◍ lower quartile.
Answer: median of the lower half of data in data set
◍ when multiplying decimals....
Answer: round each number
◍ what is an exponent?.
, Answer: repeated multiplication/to the power of
◍ Associative property.
Answer: for addition and multiplication, three numbers that can be grouped
in any order. The sum or product will be the same. For any number a, b, and
c, (a+b)+c = a+(b+c) and (ab)c = a(bc)
◍ when adding or subtracting fractions...
Answer: you take the left denominator and multiply it to the right side, and
vice versa
◍ Reducing.
Answer: expressing a fraction in lowest terms
◍ What are factor pairs?.
Answer: pairs of whole numbers that can be multiplied together to make the
target number example: 28's factor pairs: 2x14, 4x7, 1x28
◍ Fraction.
Answer: a part of a whole
◍ to turn an improper fraction into a mixed number, you...
Answer: You see how many times the denominator does into the numerator.
that's your Whole number. Then, the denominator stays the same, and what
is left over becomes the numerator
◍ multiplying fractions is....
Answer: straight across on top and bottom
◍ distance is always going to be....
Answer: positive
◍ a square root is....
Answer: when two same numbers multiply to make the number in the root
◍ Rectangular solid.
Answer: a 3-dimensional figure in which each face is a rectangle
◍ metric system of measurement.
, Answer: measurement system used throughout most of the world that is
based on the powers of 10
◍ Consecutive.
Answer: one following the other, for example, 19 and 20 are consecutive
numbers
◍ Unit rate.
Answer: describes how many units of the first type of quantity corresponds
to one unit of the second type of quantity. Some common unit rates are
miles (or kilometers) per hour, cost per item, earnings per week, etc.
◍ Transversal.
Answer: a line that cuts across parallel lines, intersecting each of them
◍ What are factors?.
Answer: numbers that a set number can be divided into
◍ Translation.
Answer: a transformation of the plane that slides every point of a figure the
same distance in the same direction
◍ PEMDAS?.
Answer: Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition,
Subtraction
◍ Trigonometry.
Answer: the study of the relationship between pairs of right sides in triangles
◍ horizontal axis.
Answer: scale that runs along the bottom or left to right on a graph or
coordinate grid
◍ x-coordinate.
Answer: the first number in an ordered pair; the distance from the origin
along the x-axis
◍ face.
Answer: a polygon that is part of a 3D figure
QUESTIONS WITH ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ Evaluate.
Answer: to find the value of a numerical or algebraic expression; to solve an
equation
◍ cubic units.
Answer: the units volume is measured in
◍ what is a rate?.
Answer: a ratio that compares two quantities with different units:example:
36 miles in four days = 34/4
◍ Inequality.
Answer: a statement that two amount are not equal. For example, < (less
than) or > (greater than)
◍ principal.
Answer: an amount of money borrowed or invested
◍ isoceles triangle.
Answer: Triangle with 2 equal sides and 2 equal angles (sum of all angles is
180)
◍ how do you check if a number is a multiple of another number?.
Answer: by dividing it into that number and it has no remainder example:
378/6 = 63. 378 is the multiple
◍ what is a unit rate?.
Answer: a rate with a denominator of 1 example: 36/4 = 9/1 is the unit rate
◍ Numerator.
Answer: the top number in a fraction
,◍ Sphere.
Answer: a 3-dimensional figure each point of which is an equal distance
from the center
◍ what is the product rule?.
Answer: when multiplying like bases, add the exponent
◍ a cubed root is...
Answer: THREE same numbers multiplied together to make the root
◍ how many unique ways can you arrange numbers 1-4.
Answer: 1x2x3x4 = 24.
◍ when dividing fractions....
Answer: you flip the last fraction and multiply
◍ How do you convert a fraction to a decimal?.
Answer: you divide the numerator by the denominator
◍ What are multiples?.
Answer: Numbers that a set number can multiply to
◍ how would you do this problem:18 is what percent of 60?.
Answer: 18/60 =0.300.30 x 100 = 30%
◍ How do you convert a mixed fraction to a decimal?.
Answer: you divide the numerator bythe denominator, then add the whole
number
◍ quadrant.
Answer: one-fourth of a coordinate grid, formed by the intersecting axes
◍ lower quartile.
Answer: median of the lower half of data in data set
◍ when multiplying decimals....
Answer: round each number
◍ what is an exponent?.
, Answer: repeated multiplication/to the power of
◍ Associative property.
Answer: for addition and multiplication, three numbers that can be grouped
in any order. The sum or product will be the same. For any number a, b, and
c, (a+b)+c = a+(b+c) and (ab)c = a(bc)
◍ when adding or subtracting fractions...
Answer: you take the left denominator and multiply it to the right side, and
vice versa
◍ Reducing.
Answer: expressing a fraction in lowest terms
◍ What are factor pairs?.
Answer: pairs of whole numbers that can be multiplied together to make the
target number example: 28's factor pairs: 2x14, 4x7, 1x28
◍ Fraction.
Answer: a part of a whole
◍ to turn an improper fraction into a mixed number, you...
Answer: You see how many times the denominator does into the numerator.
that's your Whole number. Then, the denominator stays the same, and what
is left over becomes the numerator
◍ multiplying fractions is....
Answer: straight across on top and bottom
◍ distance is always going to be....
Answer: positive
◍ a square root is....
Answer: when two same numbers multiply to make the number in the root
◍ Rectangular solid.
Answer: a 3-dimensional figure in which each face is a rectangle
◍ metric system of measurement.
, Answer: measurement system used throughout most of the world that is
based on the powers of 10
◍ Consecutive.
Answer: one following the other, for example, 19 and 20 are consecutive
numbers
◍ Unit rate.
Answer: describes how many units of the first type of quantity corresponds
to one unit of the second type of quantity. Some common unit rates are
miles (or kilometers) per hour, cost per item, earnings per week, etc.
◍ Transversal.
Answer: a line that cuts across parallel lines, intersecting each of them
◍ What are factors?.
Answer: numbers that a set number can be divided into
◍ Translation.
Answer: a transformation of the plane that slides every point of a figure the
same distance in the same direction
◍ PEMDAS?.
Answer: Parentheses, Exponents, Multiplication, Division, Addition,
Subtraction
◍ Trigonometry.
Answer: the study of the relationship between pairs of right sides in triangles
◍ horizontal axis.
Answer: scale that runs along the bottom or left to right on a graph or
coordinate grid
◍ x-coordinate.
Answer: the first number in an ordered pair; the distance from the origin
along the x-axis
◍ face.
Answer: a polygon that is part of a 3D figure
