GED-Mathematical-Reasoning Practice Questions

A triangle that does not contain a right angle has one side that measures 15 cm and another that measures 6 cm.

What is the measure, in centimeters, of the third side of the triangle?

Which investment lost money?

What was the depth, in meters, of the water in the tank 6 hours after the tank began to be refilled?

Point C (not shown) is the reflection of point B in the y-axis. Point D is the reflection of point C in the x-axis. What is the location of point D?

Marion County’s total population of 184,026, the number of people employed (including self employed) is 122,939. The number of people employed is broken down by age group in the graph below.

Which of the following is closest to the number of employed people aged 45 to 54 who live in Marion County?

The deposits at the local bank total $8,489,517.00. What is this amount rounded to the nearest thousand dollars?

Margaret’s monthly income is $1200. Of that income, 25% is used to pay her rent, and another 10% goes into savings.

How much of her monthly income can Margaret use for expenses other than rent and savings?

Trapezoid ABCD is shown in the diagram below.

Which of the following words best describes the relationship between side AB and side DC?

After two weeks, what was the approximate height (in centimeters) of the small plants that were not fertilized?

At Grant’s Stereo Shop, economy cassette tapes are sold in packages of 10 for $16, or separately for $2 each. Jimmy buys 1 package of 10 tapes and 5 separately packaged tapes. Which of the following expressions equals the average price, in dollars, of his cassette tapes?

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