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Ninety-five multiple-choice questions, plus one written essay. English Language Skills has 30, Reading has 30 and Mathematics has 35. The essay is a separate subtest with no questions to count. FLDOE says the number can vary between versions, and a version may carry experimental questions that do not affect your score.
Ninety-five, and no single sitting has to contain all of them. You register for each subtest separately, so the count that matters to you on any given morning is the count for the subtest you booked.
The count, subtest by subtest
| Subtest | Code | Questions | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essay | 825 | One written response | 50 |
| English Language Skills | 826 | 30 | 40 |
| Reading | 827 | 30 | 55 |
| Mathematics | 828 | 35 | 100 |
Questions and minutes come from the FTCE Test Structure document effective 1 January 2026. Add the three multiple-choice subtests and you get 95. Add the essay and you have the whole General Knowledge Test, which Florida's own fee schedule calls a full battery, because the default assumption in the rule is that you buy the pieces.
The essay has nothing to count
Subtest 825 is one written response to a choice of one to four prompts, in 50 minutes. Two qualified raters score it holistically at standardized scoring sessions, their two scores are summed, and Rule 6A-4.0021 sets the passing total at 6. No items, no options, no partial credit on a question you half-knew.
So anyone who tells you the FTCE General Knowledge Test has 95 questions is right about three quarters of it and silent about the quarter most people find hardest to prepare.
Why the number can move
FLDOE states that the number of questions may vary between versions of a test, and that a version may contain experimental questions that do not affect a score. It publishes no count for them. We would like to tell you how many of your 35 Mathematics questions are live and how many are being trialed on you, and we cannot, because nobody publishes it.
Treat 95 as the working figure and every question in front of you as scored. That is the only assumption that costs you nothing.
The number that actually changes how you study
It is not 95. Divide each subtest's minutes by its questions and English Language Skills gives you 1.33 minutes a question, Reading 1.83 and Mathematics 2.86. That arithmetic is ours, computed from FLDOE's two published figures, but the consequence is real: the shortest subtest is the one with the least thinking time per item, and it is not the one candidates worry about.
Thirty questions in English Language Skills and 30 in Reading look identical on paper. Reading gives you 15 more minutes for the same number of items. If you drill both at the same pace you are training for the wrong test twice.
Common questions
How many questions is the FTCE General Knowledge Test?
95 multiple-choice questions in total: 30 in English Language Skills, 30 in Reading and 35 in Mathematics. The fourth subtest is a written essay and has no questions, so it is not in that count.
How many questions are on the FTCE math subtest?
35, with 100 minutes to answer them. That works out at about 2.86 minutes a question, which is our arithmetic from FLDOE's published question count and time limit rather than a figure the Department states.
Are there unscored questions on the FTCE?
Possibly. FLDOE says a version may contain experimental questions that do not affect a score, but it publishes no count of them, so nobody can tell you how many. Answer every question as though it counts.
Do I sit all 95 questions at once?
Only if you register for all four subtests in one appointment. Each subtest is registered, sat and passed separately, so you can book English Language Skills on its own and leave the other 65 questions for another day.
How many questions do I need right to pass?
Each subtest passes at a scaled score of 200. FLDOE publishes that as at most 63% correct for English Language Skills, at most 70% for Reading and at most 63% for Mathematics, and those percentages are maximums rather than fixed thresholds.