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30 Assessment Guide for Educators: Mathematical Reasoning Chapter 3: Performance Level Descriptors In order to progress to the GED® College Ready level, test-takers need to:
- continue to strengthen the skills listed in the Below Pass and the Pass/High School Equivalency levels, including: – Simplify numerical expressions with rational exponents – Identify absolute value of a rational number as its distance from 0 on the number line and determine the distance between two rational numbers on the number line – Compute numerical expressions with squares and square roots of positive, rational numbers – Determine when a numerical expression is undefined – Solve real-world problems using rational numbers – Solve arithmetic and real-world problems involving ratios and proportions – Use the Pythagorean theorem to determine unknown side lengths in a right triangle – Compute volume and surface area of cylinders – Determine radius, diameter, and height of cylinders, when given volume or surface area Compute volume and surface area of composite figures – Use counting techniques to solve problems and determine combinations and permutations – Compute with polynomials – Factor polynomial expressions – Solve linear inequalities in one variable – Solve real-world problems involving inequalities – Write linear inequalities to represent context – Solve quadratic equations in one variable – Determine the slope of a line from a graph, equation, or table – Graph two-variable linear equations – Write the equation of a line with a given slope through a given point – Use slope to identify parallel and perpendicular lines and to solve geometric problems – Compare two different linear or quadratic functions, each represented in different ways and
- develop the following skills: – Use counting techniques to solve problems and determine combinations and permutations – Compute with rational expressions