GACE Cheat Sheet 2026

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1. A Georgia 4th-grade teacher wants students to understand fractions as parts of a whole. Which manipulative is MOST appropriate? → Fraction circles or fraction bars
2. What political system's tenets are the foundation of the majority of democracies? → Capitalism
3. Under GACE standards, which component is essential when writing a lesson plan for Georgia Pre-K students? → Alignment to GELDS with differentiation strategies
4. Whose presidency is credited with creating the Great Society? → Lyndon Johnson
5. Under GACE Mathematics pedagogy standards, what does 'mathematical discourse' in a Georgia classroom primarily involve? → Students discussing and justifying their mathematical thinking with peers
6. What link between two different materials can be best determined using Graham's law? → Mass and Diffusion Rate
7. Which Georgia Standard of Excellence concept requires students to understand that the equal sign represents a relationship of balance? → Algebraic Reasoning / Operations and Algebraic Thinking
8. Which literary device involves giving human characteristics to non-human things or abstract ideas? → Personification
9. According to Georgia Standards of Excellence, which concept is introduced in kindergarten mathematics? → Counting to 100 and understanding numbers 0-20
10. Which of the following statements about a culturally sensitive instructor is FALSE? → The teacher should make an effort to give all students equal grades.
11. A Georgia Pre-K teacher notices a 4-year-old cannot yet hold scissors correctly. Which type of development does this concern primarily involve? → Fine motor development
12. A Georgia 5th-grade teacher assesses student understanding of decimal place value. Which task best reveals conceptual understanding? → Asking students to explain why 0.3 is greater than 0.09 using place value language
13. The useable kind of energy that is utilized by living things is → ATP
14. Which of the following statements about state governments is accurate? → All authority not delegated to the federal government rests with the state governments.
15. Which writing type is the focus of Georgia Standards of Excellence when students write 'arguments supported by evidence from informational texts'? → Argumentative writing
16. Which comprehension strategy involves readers creating mental images of the text as they read? → Visualizing
17. Which of the following are created when a particle from outside the cell is encircled by the plasma membrane? → Endocytic vesicles
18. At STP, two moles of hydrogen and one mole of oxygen gas are mixed together in a closed container. Which of the ensuing assertions is accurate? → Greater than partial pressure of oxygen is partial pressure of hydrogen.
19. A pupil who struggles to comprehend spoken language is lacking in... → Receptive communication
20. Which of the following molecules used in metabolism solely contains carbon, oxygen, and hydrogen? → Glycogen
21. Which of the following DID NOT present a difficulty to the early American Republic's leaders? → A new group of emancipated slaves.
22. A Georgia 8th-grade student solves 2(x + 3) = 14 and gets x = 4. Which property justifies distributing the 2? → Distributive Property
23. Which of the following prevented reconstruction efforts from being successful? Select each appropriate response? → Jim Crow laws
24. Which of the following angiosperm components produces fruit? → Ovary
25. Holding a liquid at its freezing point and allowing it to slowly harden. Which of the following descriptions of this incident is accurate? → While freezing, heat is given off by the material.
26. What caused a significant number of Africans to immigrate to the United States in the 18th and 19th centuries? → Slavery
27. Which comprehension strategy do readers use when they 'read between the lines' to understand information not explicitly stated in the text? → Making inferences
28. A Georgia reading specialist is evaluating a student's independent reading level. Which criterion BEST defines the independent reading level? → The level where the student reads with 95-100% accuracy with good comprehension
29. Which of the following literacy activities best supports early writing development in a Georgia Pre-K classroom? → Encouraging emergent writing with invented spelling during journal time
30. An Ao blood-type male marries a Bo blood-type woman. Which of the following indicates the likelihood of conceiving a child with the blood type OO? → 25%