diff --git a/eating_cookies/eating_cookies.py b/eating_cookies/eating_cookies.py
index 62655d803..cae0c3362 100644
--- a/eating_cookies/eating_cookies.py
+++ b/eating_cookies/eating_cookies.py
@@ -5,12 +5,64 @@
 # The cache parameter is here for if you want to implement
 # a solution that is more efficient than the naive 
 # recursive solution
+
 def eating_cookies(n, cache=None):
-  pass
+  if n < 0:
+    return 0
+  elif n == 0:
+    return 1
+  else:
+    #3 recursive calls
+    # n - 1
+    # n - 2
+    # n - 3
+    return eating_cookies(n - 1) + eating_cookies(n - 2) + eating_cookies(n - 3)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+  if len(sys.argv) > 1:
+    num_cookies = int(sys.argv[1])
+    print("There are {ways} ways for Cookie Monster to eat {n} cookies.".format(ways=eating_cookies(num_cookies), n=num_cookies))
+  else:
+    print('Usage: eating_cookies.py [num_cookies]')
+
+def improved_eating_cookies(n, ways):
+  # base case, valid way
+  if n == 0:
+    return 1
+  # base case, invalid way
+  elif n < 0:
+    return 0
+  # result found, return without recalculating
+  elif n in ways:
+    return ways[n]
+  # result not found, had to calculate
+  else:
+    result = improved_eating_cookies(n - 1, ways) + improved_eating_cookies(n - 2, ways) + improved_eating_cookies(n - 3, ways)
+    ways[n] = result
+    return result
+
+print(improved_eating_cookies(3, {}))
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
   if len(sys.argv) > 1:
     num_cookies = int(sys.argv[1])
     print("There are {ways} ways for Cookie Monster to eat {n} cookies.".format(ways=eating_cookies(num_cookies), n=num_cookies))
   else:
-    print('Usage: eating_cookies.py [num_cookies]')
\ No newline at end of file
+    print('Usage: eating_cookies.py [num_cookies]')
+
+def improved_eating_cookies(n, ways):
+  # base case, valid way
+  if n == 0:
+    return 1
+  # base case, invalid way
+  elif n < 0:
+    return 0
+  # result found, return without recalculating
+  elif n in ways:
+    return ways[n]
+  # result not found, had to calculate
+  else:
+    result = eating_cookies(n - 1) + eating_cookies(n - 2) + eating_cookies(n - 3)
+    ways[n] = result
+    return result
diff --git a/making_change/making_change.py b/making_change/making_change.py
index 9adad4470..e33060205 100644
--- a/making_change/making_change.py
+++ b/making_change/making_change.py
@@ -2,9 +2,22 @@
 
 import sys
 
-def making_change(amount, denominations):
-  pass 
+# can kind of follow same set up as eating cookies
+# getting from an initial value to zero!
+
+# denominations = [1, 5, 10, 25, 50]
 
+def making_change(amount, denominations):
+  if amount < 0 or amount % 1 != 0:
+    return 0
+  table = [0 for x in range(amount + 1)]  
+  table[0] = 1
+  for i in range(0,len(denominations)):
+      for j in range(denominations[i], amount + 1):
+          table[j] += table[j - denominations[i]]
+  return table[amount]
+ 
+print(making_change(10, [1, 5, 10, 25, 50]))
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
   # Test our your implementation from the command line
diff --git a/recipe_batches/recipe_batches.py b/recipe_batches/recipe_batches.py
index c845950c5..b8dcf22ac 100644
--- a/recipe_batches/recipe_batches.py
+++ b/recipe_batches/recipe_batches.py
@@ -3,8 +3,13 @@
 import math
 
 def recipe_batches(recipe, ingredients):
-  pass 
-
+  min_batch_values = []
+  if set(recipe.keys()).issubset(set(ingredients.keys())):
+    for ingredient in ingredients:
+      min_batch_values.append(ingredients[ingredient]//recipe[ingredient])
+  else:
+    return 0
+  return min(min_batch_values)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
   # Change the entries of these dictionaries to test 
diff --git a/rock_paper_scissors/rps.py b/rock_paper_scissors/rps.py
index 0fc53356e..56c3eda66 100644
--- a/rock_paper_scissors/rps.py
+++ b/rock_paper_scissors/rps.py
@@ -3,8 +3,18 @@
 import sys
 
 def rock_paper_scissors(n):
-  pass 
-
+  final_list = []
+  options = [['rock'],['paper'],['scissors']]
+  if n == 0:
+    return [[]]
+  else:
+    previous_plays = rock_paper_scissors(n - 1)
+    for previous_play in previous_plays:
+      for option in options:
+        final_list.append(previous_play + option)
+  return final_list
+  
+print(rock_paper_scissors(2))
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
   if len(sys.argv) > 1:
diff --git a/stock_prices/stock_prices.py b/stock_prices/stock_prices.py
index 9de20bc94..593f29fbf 100644
--- a/stock_prices/stock_prices.py
+++ b/stock_prices/stock_prices.py
@@ -3,8 +3,19 @@
 import argparse
 
 def find_max_profit(prices):
-  pass
-
+  # sort prices to find difference between highest and lowest price
+  sorted_prices = sorted(prices)
+  max_profit_so_far = sorted_prices[0] - sorted_prices[-1]
+  # find buy price 
+  for i in range(len(prices)):
+    current_min_price_so_far = prices[i]
+    # find max profit by looping through each sell price in the array and subtract buy price from the sell price
+    for j in range(i + 1, len(prices)):
+      profit = prices[j] - current_min_price_so_far
+      # if profit is greater than current max profit, then update max profit value
+      if profit > max_profit_so_far:
+        max_profit_so_far = profit
+  return max_profit_so_far
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
   # This is just some code to accept inputs from the command line