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McGraw-Hill's GED Mathematics » (Revised)

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Authors: Jerry Howett
ISBN-13: 9780071407069, ISBN-10: 0071407065
Format: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Date Published: September 2002
Edition: Revised

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Author Biography: Jerry Howett

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Book Synopsis

Create your own path to GED success with help from McGraw-Hill's GED test series

The newly revised McGraw-Hill's GED test series helps you develop the skills you need to pass all five areas of the GED test.

Presented in a clear, appealing format, these books offer many opportunities for test practice and explain the essential concepts of each subject so you can succeed on every portion of the GED exam. The series covers:
Language Arts, Reading
• Language Arts, Writing
• Mathematics
• Science
• Social Studies

McGraw-Hill's GED Mathematics guides you through the GED preparation process step-by-step. A Pretest helps you find out your strengths and weaknesses so you can create a study plan to fit your needs. The following chapters introduce you to math concepts on which hundreds of GED questions are based. Then check your understanding of these ideas with the Posttest, presented in the GED format. You can then see how ready you are for the big exam by taking the full-length Practice Test.

McGraw-Hill's GED Mathematics includes:

  • Clear instructions to show you how to use number grids and coordinate plane grids
  • Instruction and frequent practice with the Casio fx-260 calculator
  • Problem-solving strategies to help you understand word problems
  • Easy-to-follow lessons to develop essential math skills in whole numbers, decimals, fractions, percents, ratios, data analysis, geometry, and algebra

With McGraw-Hill's GED Mathematics, you will sharpen your study skills for test success!

Table of Contents

To the Student
Mathematics Pretest1
Pretest Answer Key13
Pretest Evaluation Chart16
Ch. 1Whole Numbers17
Ch. 2Word Problems51
Ch. 3Decimals75
Ch. 4Fractions103
Ch. 5Ratio and Proportion137
Ch. 6Percent149
Ch. 7Measurement183
Ch. 8Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability197
Ch. 9Basic Geometry223
Ch. 10The Basics of Algebra281
Ch. 11Advanced Topics in Algebra and Geometry323
Mathematics Posttest355
Posttest Answer Key365
Posttest Evaluation Chart368
Mathematics Practice Test369
Practice Test Answer Key380
Practice Test Evaluation Chart382
Answer Key383
Formulas439
Using a Calculator440
Glossary441
Index445

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