diff --git a/ChapterOneMicro.iml b/ChapterOneMicro.iml
index 4e3316b..ccf0dd4 100644
--- a/ChapterOneMicro.iml
+++ b/ChapterOneMicro.iml
@@ -12,5 +12,7 @@
     <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
     <orderEntry type="library" scope="TEST" name="Maven: junit:junit:4.12" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="library" scope="TEST" name="Maven: org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:1.3" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" scope="TEST" name="Maven: junit:junit:4.12" level="project" />
+    <orderEntry type="library" scope="TEST" name="Maven: org.hamcrest:hamcrest-core:1.3" level="project" />
   </component>
 </module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/MathUtilities.java b/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/MathUtilities.java
index eba760c..35bc7d9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/MathUtilities.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/MathUtilities.java
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 package com.zipcodewilmington.danny_do_better_exercises;
 
 /**
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ public class MathUtilities {
      * @return sum of `baseValue` and `difference`
      */
     public Integer add(int baseValue, int difference) {
-        return null;
+        return baseValue + difference;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ public Integer add(int baseValue, int difference) {
      * @return sum of `baseValue` and `difference`
      */
     public Long add(long baseValue, long difference) {
-        return null;
+        return baseValue + difference;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ public Long add(long baseValue, long difference) {
      * @return sum of `baseValue` and `difference`
      */
     public Short add(short baseValue, short difference) {
-        return null;
+        return (short)(baseValue + difference);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ public Short add(short baseValue, short difference) {
      * @return sum of `baseValue` and `difference`
      */
     public Byte add(byte baseValue, byte difference) {
-        return null;
+        return (byte)(baseValue + difference);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ public Byte add(byte baseValue, byte difference) {
      * @return sum of `baseValue` and `difference`
      */
     public Float add(float baseValue, float difference) {
-        return null;
+        return baseValue + difference;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ public Float add(float baseValue, float difference) {
      * @return sum of `baseValue` and `difference`
      */
     public Double add(double baseValue, double difference) {
-        return null;
+        return baseValue + difference;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ public Double add(double baseValue, double difference) {
      * @return difference between `baseValue` and `difference`
      */
     public Integer subtract(int baseValue, int difference) {
-        return null;
+        return baseValue - difference;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -74,7 +75,7 @@ public Integer subtract(int baseValue, int difference) {
      * @return difference between `baseValue` and `difference`
      */
     public Long subtract(long baseValue, long difference) {
-        return null;
+        return baseValue - difference;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -83,7 +84,7 @@ public Long subtract(long baseValue, long difference) {
      * @return difference between `baseValue` and `difference`
      */
     public Short subtract(short baseValue, short difference) {
-        return null;
+        return (short)(baseValue - difference);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -92,7 +93,7 @@ public Short subtract(short baseValue, short difference) {
      * @return difference between `baseValue` and `difference`
      */
     public Byte subtract(byte baseValue, byte difference) {
-        return null;
+        return (byte)(baseValue - difference);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -101,7 +102,7 @@ public Byte subtract(byte baseValue, byte difference) {
      * @return difference between `baseValue` and `difference`
      */
     public Float subtract(float baseValue, float difference) {
-        return null;
+        return (baseValue - difference);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -110,7 +111,7 @@ public Float subtract(float baseValue, float difference) {
      * @return difference between `baseValue` and `difference`
      */
     public Double subtract(double baseValue, double difference) {
-        return null;
+        return baseValue - difference;
     }
 
 
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ public Double subtract(double baseValue, double difference) {
      * @return division of `dividend` by `divisor
      */
     public Integer divide(int dividend, int divisor) {
-        return null;
+        return dividend / divisor;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ public Integer divide(int dividend, int divisor) {
      * @return division of `dividend` by `divisor
      */
     public Long divide(long dividend, long divisor) {
-        return null;
+        return dividend / divisor;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -138,7 +139,7 @@ public Long divide(long dividend, long divisor) {
      * @return division of `dividend` by `divisor
      */
     public Short divide(short dividend, short divisor) {
-        return null;
+        return (short)(dividend/divisor);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ public Short divide(short dividend, short divisor) {
      * @return division of `dividend` by `divisor
      */
     public Byte divide(byte dividend, byte divisor) {
-        return null;
+        return (byte)(dividend/divisor);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ public Byte divide(byte dividend, byte divisor) {
      * @return division of `dividend` by `divisor
      */
     public Float divide(float dividend, float divisor) {
-        return null;
+        return dividend/divisor;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -165,7 +166,7 @@ public Float divide(float dividend, float divisor) {
      * @return division of `dividend` by `divisor
      */
     public Double divide(double dividend, double divisor) {
-        return null;
+        return dividend/divisor;
     }
 
 
@@ -175,7 +176,7 @@ public Double divide(double dividend, double divisor) {
      * @return product of `multiplicand` by `multiplier`
      */
     public Integer multiply(int multiplicand, int multiplier) {
-        return null;
+        return multiplicand*multiplier;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -184,7 +185,7 @@ public Integer multiply(int multiplicand, int multiplier) {
      * @return product of `multiplicand` by `multiplier`
      */
     public Long multiply(long multiplicand, long multiplier) {
-        return null;
+        return multiplicand*multiplier;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -193,7 +194,7 @@ public Long multiply(long multiplicand, long multiplier) {
      * @return product of `multiplicand` by `multiplier`
      */
     public Short multiply(short multiplicand, short multiplier) {
-        return null;
+        return (short)(multiplicand*multiplier);
     }
     /**
      * @param multiplicand value to be multiplied
@@ -201,7 +202,7 @@ public Short multiply(short multiplicand, short multiplier) {
      * @return product of `multiplicand` by `multiplier`
      */
     public Byte multiply(byte multiplicand, byte multiplier) {
-        return null;
+        return (byte)(multiplicand*multiplier);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -210,7 +211,7 @@ public Byte multiply(byte multiplicand, byte multiplier) {
      * @return product of `multiplicand` by `multiplier`
      */
     public Float multiply(float multiplicand, float multiplier) {
-        return null;
+        return multiplicand*multiplier;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -219,7 +220,7 @@ public Float multiply(float multiplicand, float multiplier) {
      * @return product of `multiplicand` by `multiplier`
      */
     public Double multiply(double multiplicand, double multiplier) {
-        return null;
+        return multiplicand*multiplier;
     }
 
 
@@ -227,14 +228,14 @@ public Double multiply(double multiplicand, double multiplier) {
       * @return true
      */
     public Boolean returnTrue() {
-        return null;
+        return true;
     }
 
     /**
      * @return false
      */
     public Boolean returnFalse() {
-        return null;
+        return false;
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/PredicateUtilities.java b/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/PredicateUtilities.java
index 9795ee1..1848002 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/PredicateUtilities.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/PredicateUtilities.java
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 package com.zipcodewilmington.danny_do_better_exercises;
-
 /**
  * Created by dan on 6/14/17.
  */
@@ -10,16 +9,26 @@ public class PredicateUtilities {
      * @return true if `x` is greater than `y`
      */
     public Boolean isGreaterThan(int x, int y) {
-        return null;
+        if(x > y){
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
     }
-
     /**
      * @param x
      * @param y
      * @return true if `x` is less than `y`
      */
+
     public Boolean isLessThan(int x, int y) {
-        return null;
+        /*System.out.println("The value of x = " + x);
+        System.out.println("The value of y = " + y);
+        System.out.println("x < y = " + (x < y));
+        */
+        if(x < y) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -28,7 +37,10 @@ public Boolean isLessThan(int x, int y) {
      * @return true if `x` is greater than or equal to `y`
      */
     public Boolean isGreaterThanOrEqualTo(int x, int y) {
-        return null;
+        if(x >= y){
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -37,6 +49,9 @@ public Boolean isGreaterThanOrEqualTo(int x, int y) {
      * @return true if `x` is less than or equal to `y`
      */
     public Boolean isLessThanOrEqualTo(int x, int y) {
-        return null;
+        if(x <= y){
+            return true;
+        }
+        return false;
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/StringUtilities.java b/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/StringUtilities.java
index 64e90a1..8a290f4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/StringUtilities.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/StringUtilities.java
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ public class StringUtilities {
      * @return `Hello World` as a string
      */
     public static String getHelloWorld() {
-        return null;
+        return "Hello World";
     }
 
     /**
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ public static String getHelloWorld() {
      * @return the concatenation of two strings, `firstSegment`, and `secondSegment`
      */
     public static String concatenation(String firstSegment, String secondSegment){
-        return null;
+        return firstSegment + secondSegment;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public static String concatenation(String firstSegment, String secondSegment){
      * @return the concatenation of an integer, `firstSegment`, and a String, `secondSegment`
      */
     public static String concatenation(int firstSegment, String secondSegment){
-        return null;
+        return firstSegment + secondSegment;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ public static String concatenation(int firstSegment, String secondSegment){
      * @return the first 3 characters of `input`
      */
     public static String getPrefix(String input){
-        return null;
+        return input.substring(0, 3);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ public static String getPrefix(String input){
      * @return the last 3 characters of `input`
      */
     public static String getSuffix(String input){
-        return null;
+        return input.substring((input.length() - 3));
     }
 
     /**
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public static String getSuffix(String input){
      * @return the equivalence of two strings, `inputValue` and `comparableValue`
      */
     public static Boolean compareTwoStrings(String inputValue, String comparableValue){
-        return null;
+        return inputValue.equals(comparableValue);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -59,15 +59,21 @@ public static Boolean compareTwoStrings(String inputValue, String comparableValu
      * @return the middle character of `inputValue`
      */
     public static Character getMiddleCharacter(String inputValue){
-        return null;
+        double middle = inputValue.length()/2;
+        int i = (int)middle;
+        if(inputValue.length() % 2 != 0) {
+            return inputValue.charAt(i);
+        } else {
+            return inputValue.charAt(i -1);
+        }
     }
-
     /**
      * @param spaceDelimitedString a string, representative of a sentence, containing spaces
      * @return the first sequence of characters
      */
     public static String getFirstWord(String spaceDelimitedString){
-        return null;
+        String [] array1 = spaceDelimitedString.split(" ",0);
+        return array1[0];
     }
 
     /**
@@ -75,14 +81,15 @@ public static String getFirstWord(String spaceDelimitedString){
      * @return the second word of a string delimited by spaces.
      */
     public static String getSecondWord(String spaceDelimitedString){
-        return null;
+        String [] array2 = spaceDelimitedString.split(" ", 0);
+        return array2[1];
     }
 
     /**
      * @param stringToReverse
      * @return an identical string with characters in reverse order.
      */
-    public static String reverseTheTwo(String stringToReverse){
-        return null;
+    public static String reverseTheTwo(String stringToReverse) {
+        return new StringBuilder(stringToReverse).reverse().toString();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/ZipcodeRocks.java b/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/ZipcodeRocks.java
index 819f21b..486cb5d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/ZipcodeRocks.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/ZipcodeRocks.java
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
  */
 public class ZipcodeRocks {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
-//         System.out.println("Zipcode Rocks!");
+        System.out.println("Zipcode Rocks!");
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/TestMathUtilities.java b/src/test/java/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/TestMathUtilities.java
index 0ff8d7f..87c1c67 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/TestMathUtilities.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/TestMathUtilities.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ public void testAdditions2() {
         // : Given
         short baseValue = 16384;
         short addedValue = 7;
-        short expected = 32767;
+        short expected = 16391;
         // : When
         short actual = primativeTypes.add(baseValue, addedValue);
         // : Then
@@ -78,21 +78,6 @@ public void testAdditions6() {
         assertEquals(expected,actual, 0);
     }
 
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
     @Test
     public void testSubtractions(){
         // : Given
@@ -146,7 +131,7 @@ public void testSubtractions4() {
         // : When
         float actualFloat = primativeTypes.subtract(baseValue,difference);
         // : Then
-        assertEquals(expectedFloat,actualFloat, 0);
+        assertEquals(expectedFloat,actualFloat, 0.003);
     }
     @Test
     public void testSubtractions5() {
@@ -294,9 +279,9 @@ public void testMultiplication2() {
     @Test
     public void testMultiplication3() {
         // : Given
-        byte multiplicand = 16;
-        byte multiplier = 14;
-        byte expectedByte = 64;
+        byte multiplicand = 6;
+        byte multiplier = 4;
+        byte expectedByte = 24;
         // : When
         byte actualByte = primativeTypes.multiply(multiplicand, multiplier);
         // : Then
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/TestPredicateUtilities.java b/src/test/java/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/TestPredicateUtilities.java
index 0df7b5f..71f7dff 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/TestPredicateUtilities.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/TestPredicateUtilities.java
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ public void testGreaterThanFalse(){
         boolean outcome = math.isGreaterThan(greaterValue, lesserValue);
 
         // : Then
-        assertTrue(outcome);
+        assertFalse(outcome);
     }
 
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public void testLessThan1(){
         boolean outcome = math.isLessThan(greaterValue, lesserValue);
 
         // : Then
-        assertTrue(outcome);
+        assertFalse(outcome);
     }
 
 
@@ -116,6 +116,6 @@ public void testGreaterOrEqual2(){
         boolean outcome = math.isGreaterThanOrEqualTo(greaterValue, lesserValue);
 
         // : Then
-        assertTrue(outcome);
+        assertFalse(outcome);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/TestStringUtilities.java b/src/test/java/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/TestStringUtilities.java
index 688ffa9..cb93419 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/TestStringUtilities.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/TestStringUtilities.java
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ public void concatenationStringAndIntegerTest(){
     public void substringBeginTest(){
         // : Given
         String input = "Hello";
-        String expected = "olleH";
+        String expected = "Hel";
 
         // : When
         String actual = StringUtilities.getPrefix(input);
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ public void getTheSecondWord(){
         String expected = "Wilmington";
 
         // : When
-        String actual = StringUtilities.getFirstWord(input);
+        String actual = StringUtilities.getSecondWord(input);
 
         // : Then
         assertEquals(expected, actual);
diff --git a/target/classes/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/MathUtilities.class b/target/classes/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/MathUtilities.class
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index 741385c..343d2b0 100644
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diff --git a/target/classes/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/StringUtilities.class b/target/classes/com/zipcodewilmington/danny_do_better_exercises/StringUtilities.class
index 30859bd..5455d1a 100644
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index 5c385be..492f646 100644
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index 46ee355..3e3a463 100644
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