McGraw-HIll's GED : The Most Complete and Reliable Study Program for the GED Tests [Paperback]

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Book Description

ISBN-10: 0071381791 | ISBN-13: 978-0071381796 | Publication Date: September 11, 2001 | Edition: 1

The bestselling guide, updated to reflect all changes to the GED through 2002

Each year, nearly a million North Americans take the GED high school equivalency exam. Formerly entitled Contemporary's GED, one of the most popular resources for those prepping for the test has been revised for all changes to the GED, through 2002. This latest edition of the bestselling guide arms readers with what they need to score high in all five test categories, including targeted assessments, easy-to-follow instructions, hundreds of reinforcement activities, and simulated GED tests for each subject area. Outstanding features that have made for the continuing popularity of this guide include:

• Half-length pretests for each subject area that help readers pinpoint strengths and weaknesses
• Two full-length practice tests for each subject area
• Special new sections on critical thinking skills, graphs, and illustrations
• New guidelines for using the Casio fx-260 solar calculator for the mathematics test
• A complete answer key explaining why each answer is correct
• Chapter-by-chapter surveys that reinforce knowledge of key concepts
• Test-taking tips and strategies

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Product Details

• Paperback: 1100 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (September 11, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071381791
• ISBN-13: 978-0071381796
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.5 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (74 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,546 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #3 in Books > Education & Reference > Education > Test Guides - High School

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125 of 130 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book...My daughter did pass GED studying from it, June 19, 2005

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Susan Trexel "almond_cakes" (Near the great state of Idaho) - See all my reviews

This review is from: McGraw-HIll's GED : The Most Complete and Reliable Study Program for the GED Tests (Paperback)

My children are all home educated. My oldest is now 22 and decided she wants to study graphic arts at the local technical school. She needed the GED to get in. So we bought this book and for 2 weeks studied together for about 2 hrs. a day in the math section, for Math was always my daughter's weak area. I felt the math chapters were very well laid out and each concept presented carefully and clearly. The work even stretched my brain at times, for I haven't done high level "school math" for many years. But with the practice, my brain was refreshed and I could do it, and my "math phobic" daughter could too. In some areas, she was quicker at finding the answers than I was! I never took geometry in school, nor did my daughter study it at home, and we never knew how to find the length of the hypotenuse of a triangle ( we didn't even know what a hypotenuse was!), but I found the geometry so well explained it was easy, and I actually found that chapter quite fun! We decided to skip the Algebra chapter, for my daughter never studied algebra, and she was totally confused from almost the very first. I had taken Algebra, and I did understand the concepts, and thought the presentation was fine. Anyway, my daughter took all the practice tests in the book and she did fine on them. We didn't "study" for anything else but the math, though she did read through most of the other subject sections herself. We were so pleased and relieved to get her GED scores in the mail yesterday and see that she passed! She scored in the 80's in math and science (her weak areas) and scored in the 90's in the others. Her essay score won't come back for 2 weeks, but even without that score she already has way more points than needed to pass. In sharing all this, I just wanted to say this book is indeed very good. I was glad for the math chapters being so well done. They give solution answers too, not just the answers. Yes, I did find a few misprints of wrong answers in the math section book. So you do have to be careful about that. Still, you can't go wrong getting this book. It is huge and intimidating, but if you take it one step at a time, and even if you use it only for your weak areas, it will be worth it. I really don't think we could have prepared successfully for the math section without it. Oh, and we can tell you you can pass the math section even when you do not know Algebra.

144 of 151 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Study Guide, March 2, 2002

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Hendrix F. Ham (Manchester, Tennessee United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: McGraw-HIll's GED : The Most Complete and Reliable Study Program for the GED Tests (Paperback)

I can't imagine anyone who really studys this book failing the NEW GED. The book, while overwhelming in size, is easy to follow and does an excellent job in all five subject areas. Of the five 2002 GED books I use in my classroom, this is clearly the best.

78 of 81 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GED Tutor, October 13, 2005

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D. Stewart "dee4798" (Colorado) - See all my reviews
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I tutor learning disabled adults for the GED. This book is by far the best. The language is simple and the instructions are great. They learn what they need to know to pass the GED with a decent score and are not overwhelmed with information that they do not need.