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It's the most important test of their young academic careers, and today 7News got a chance to speak with a few of them to get a feel for how challenging they found the test to be.

Adalmi Cambranez - Wesley Upper School
"We were taking Social Studies and Mathematics today."

Daniel Ortiz
"In your optinion, how was it now that you've gone through it?"

Adalmi Cambranez
"Only one of two were hard - not that hard but it was good. I think I passed it with a high score."

Daniel Ortiz
"How long did it take you to prepare for it?"

Adalmi Cambranez
"It took me long enough because I was doing very well in my opinion so I studied very hard."

Kevin Vega - Grace Primary School
"The Mathematics was kind of challenging but I know I did well. The Social Studies was faily easy I think."

Emerson Cruz Jr. - Grace Primary School
"The Mathematics wasn't too hard. The Mathematics 2 was difficult but the Social Studies was easy. As long as you study, God will be on your side"

Daniel Ortiz
"What were some of the topics that they focused on in the exams?"

Melanie Azueta - Holy Redeemer Primary School
"Economy and History"

Daniel Ortiz
"And in the problem solving? What were some of the areas of focus in Mathematics?"

Melanie Azueta
"Geometry and order of operations and angles."

Daniel Ortiz
"I know the problem solving is always a difficult area."

Hanifah Gonzalez - Holy Redeemer Primary School
"It was challenging but most of it was doable"

Shenique Sutherland - Holy Redeemer Primary School
"Some of it was challenging but still doable."

Daniel Ortiz
"Was there any topic of choice that caught you off guard?"

Shenique Sutherland
"No, not really."

Amber Staine - Holy Redeemer Primary School
"It was doable."

Daniel Ortiz
"The math - Geometry, angles?"

Amber Staine
"The multiple choice was kind of difficult"

Daniel Ortiz
"What was the exams like for you?"

Israel Gonzalez - Holy Redeemer Primary School
"Challenging for the problem solving."

Daniel Ortiz
"What was in the problem solving that caugh you off guard."

Israel Gonzalez
"The phone bill - that caught me off guard."

Keenen Flowers - New Horizon Academy
"In my perspective, I am a very big fan of Math so that wasn't any problem for me at all. I took every second until I passed up the paper so I was able to do everything completely and to check over my work. I believe I got almsot a 100 in Math."

Sheldon Lynch - Saint Martin De Porres Primary
"To me Social Studies isn't a hard subject."

Daniel Ortiz
"How do you expect to perform overall? Do you expect that you will have a great passing grade?"

Sheldon Lynch
"I don't know because results haven't come out as yet."

Daniel Ortiz
"You could judge - how confident were you throughout your exams? I could tell whenever i'm going to pass with a high grade and I also can tell when i'm going to fail"

Sheldon Lynch
"I would say yes to passing."

Results will be announced in June.