diff --git a/lib/recursive-methods.rb b/lib/recursive-methods.rb
index fbf6faa..5e74d39 100644
--- a/lib/recursive-methods.rb
+++ b/lib/recursive-methods.rb
@@ -1,49 +1,100 @@
 # Authoring recursive algorithms. Add comments including time and space complexity for each method.
 
+## Don't really understand time and space complexity of recursive functions so I'm leaving that blank for now... will come back!
 # Time complexity: ?
 # Space complexity: ?
+# referenced online
 def factorial(n)
-    raise NotImplementedError, "Method not implemented"
+  raise ArgumentError if n < 0
+
+  if n <= 1
+    return 1
+  else
+    return n * factorial(n - 1)
+  end
 end
 
 # Time complexity: ?
 # Space complexity: ?
+# referenced online
 def reverse(s)
-    raise NotImplementedError, "Method not implemented"
+  return s if s.length <= 1
+  new_string = reverse(s[1..-1])
+  new_string += s[0]
+  return new_string
 end
 
 # Time complexity: ?
 # Space complexity: ?
+# referenced online
 def reverse_inplace(s)
-    raise NotImplementedError, "Method not implemented"
+  return s if s.length <= 1
+  first = s[0]
+  s = reverse(s[1..-1])
+  s += s[0]
+  return s[0...-1] + first
 end
 
 # Time complexity: ?
 # Space complexity: ?
+# referenced online
 def bunny(n)
-    raise NotImplementedError, "Method not implemented"
+  raise ArgumentError if n < 0
+
+  return 0 if n == 0
+
+  return 2 + bunny(n - 1)
 end
 
 # Time complexity: ?
 # Space complexity: ?
+# first one i'm really writing myself w/o internet
 def nested(s)
-    raise NotImplementedError, "Method not implemented"
+  return true if s.length == 0
+  return false if s.length % 2 == 1
+
+  return false unless s[(s.length / 2 - 1)..(s.length / 2)] == "()"
+  return nested(s[0...s.length / 2 - 1] + s[s.length / 2 + 1..-1])
 end
 
 # Time complexity: ?
 # Space complexity: ?
+# did this one
 def search(array, value)
-    raise NotImplementedError, "Method not implemented"
+  return false if array.length == 0
+
+  return true if array.first == value
+  array.shift
+
+  search(array, value)
 end
 
 # Time complexity: ?
 # Space complexity: ?
+# did this one
 def is_palindrome(s)
-    raise NotImplementedError, "Method not implemented"
+  return true if s.length == 0
+  return false if s[0] != s[-1]
+
+  is_palindrome(s[1..-2])
 end
 
 # Time complexity: ?
 # Space complexity: ?
+# this one works but i got it partly online and am working to understand it
 def digit_match(n, m)
-    raise NotImplementedError, "Method not implemented"
-end
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+  raise ArgumentError if n < 0 || m < 0
+
+  if n == 0 && m == 0
+    return 1
+  else
+    result = 0
+    result += 1 if n % 10 == m % 10
+
+    if n / 10 == 0 || m / 10 == 0
+      return result
+    end
+
+    return result + digit_match(n / 10, m / 10)
+  end
+end
diff --git a/specs/recursion_writing_spec.rb b/specs/recursion_writing_spec.rb
index d8fb1ed..f2816d0 100644
--- a/specs/recursion_writing_spec.rb
+++ b/specs/recursion_writing_spec.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-require 'minitest/autorun'
-require 'minitest/reporters'
+require "minitest/autorun"
+require "minitest/reporters"
 require "minitest/skip_dsl"
-require_relative '../lib/recursive-methods'
+require_relative "../lib/recursive-methods"
 
 describe "factorial" do
   it "will find the factorial of 0" do
@@ -23,8 +23,7 @@
     answer = factorial(num)
 
     # Assert
-    expect(answer).must_equal 5*4*3*2*1
-
+    expect(answer).must_equal 5 * 4 * 3 * 2 * 1
   end
 
   it "will raise an ArgumentError if given a number not >= 0" do
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@
   end
 end
 
-xdescribe "reverse" do
+describe "reverse" do
   it "will reverse 'cat'" do
     # Arrange
     string = "cat"
@@ -83,8 +82,7 @@
   end
 end
 
-
-xdescribe "reverse_in_place" do
+describe "reverse_in_place" do
   it "will reverse 'cat'" do
     # Arrange
     string = "cat"
@@ -129,7 +127,7 @@
   end
 end
 
-xdescribe "bunny" do
+describe "bunny" do
   it "returns 0 for 0 bunnies" do
     # Arrange
     count = 0
@@ -164,7 +162,7 @@
   end
 end
 
-xdescribe "nested" do
+describe "nested" do
   it "will return true for empystring" do
     # Arrange
     string = ""
@@ -210,7 +208,7 @@
   end
 end
 
-xdescribe "search" do
+describe "search" do
   it "will return false for empty array" do
     # Arrange
     item = "a"
@@ -224,43 +222,43 @@
   end
 
   it "will return true when looking for something in the array" do
-  # Arrange
-  item = "a"
-  array = ["b", "c", "a"]
+    # Arrange
+    item = "a"
+    array = ["b", "c", "a"]
 
-  # Act
-  answer = search(array, item)
+    # Act
+    answer = search(array, item)
 
-  # Assert
-  expect(answer).must_equal true
+    # Assert
+    expect(answer).must_equal true
   end
 
   it "will return false when looking for something not in the array" do
     # Arrange
     item = "x"
     array = ["b", "c", "a"]
-  
+
     # Act
     answer = search(array, item)
-  
+
     # Assert
     expect(answer).must_equal false
-    end
-
-    it "will return true when finding something at the front of the array" do
-      # Arrange
-      item = "b"
-      array = ["b", "c", "a"]
-    
-      # Act
-      answer = search(array, item)
-    
-      # Assert
-      expect(answer).must_equal true
-    end      
+  end
+
+  it "will return true when finding something at the front of the array" do
+    # Arrange
+    item = "b"
+    array = ["b", "c", "a"]
+
+    # Act
+    answer = search(array, item)
+
+    # Assert
+    expect(answer).must_equal true
+  end
 end
 
-xdescribe "is_palindrome" do
+describe "is_palindrome" do
   it "will return true for emptystring" do
     # Arrange
     string = ""
@@ -295,7 +293,7 @@
   end
 end
 
-xdescribe "digit_match" do
+describe "digit_match" do
   it "returns 4 for 1072503891 and 62530841" do
     # Arrange
     num1 = 1072503891
@@ -304,8 +302,8 @@
     # Act
     answer = digit_match(num1, num2)
 
-     # Assert
-     expect(answer).must_equal 4
+    # Assert
+    expect(answer).must_equal 4
   end
 
   it "returns 0 for nonmatching numbers" do
@@ -316,8 +314,8 @@
     # Act
     answer = digit_match(num1, num2)
 
-     # Assert
-     expect(answer).must_equal 0
+    # Assert
+    expect(answer).must_equal 0
   end
 
   it "returns 3 for 841 and 62530841" do
@@ -328,7 +326,7 @@
     # Act
     answer = digit_match(num1, num2)
 
-     # Assert
-     expect(answer).must_equal 3
+    # Assert
+    expect(answer).must_equal 3
   end
-end
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+end