diff --git a/06week/higherOrder.js b/06week/higherOrder.js
index 73926e3dc..752b5f8d5 100644
--- a/06week/higherOrder.js
+++ b/06week/higherOrder.js
@@ -2,38 +2,57 @@
 
 const assert = require('assert');
 
-function forEach(arr, callback) {
-  // Your code here
-}
-
+const arr = [10,20,30];
 function map(arr, callback) {
-  // Your code here
-}
+  //create an empty array into which you will push the new elements
+    let newArray = [];
+    //loop through the original array
+    for (let i=0;i<arr.length;i++){
+      //define a new variable equal to each element in the original array, each one will have a callback function applied to it
+      let elements = callback(arr[i]);
+      //push all of the new variables into the new, previously empty array
+      newArray.push(elements);
+    }
+    //return new array with new elements
+    return newArray;
+  };
 
-function filter(arr, callback) {
-  // Your code here
+function reduce(array, callback, accumulator){
+  //sets accumulator equal to itself if that is truthy, or equal to zero if it is not truthy
+  accumulator = accumulator || 0;
+  //looping through an array, one index position at a time
+  for (let index=0; index<array.length; index++){
+    //if the element in the array is a number type, then set the variable equal to itself plus the element's value
+    if (typeof array[index] == 'number') {
+      accumulator = accumulator + array[index];
+      //otherwise, if the element in the array is an object, loop through the object properties to find the key value and add that to the accumulator
+    } else if (typeof array[index] == 'object') {
+      for (let i in array[index]){
+        accumulator = accumulator + array[index][i]
+      }
+    }
+    //then you create a function called a callback function that accepts all of these parameters
+    callback(accumulator, array[index], index, array);
+  }
+  //return the accumulator variable, or the total value of the callback function
+  return accumulator;
 }
 
-function some(arr, callback) {
-  // Your code here
-}
 
-function every(arr, callback) {
-  // Your code here
+function filter(arr, callback) {
+  //create an empty array
+  let filteredArr = [];
+  //loop through the original array
+  for (let i=0;i<arr.length; i++){
+      //checks to see if the conditions of the callback function are true, pushes values to new array if so
+      if (callback(arr[i],i, arr) == true){
+      filteredArr.push(arr[i]);
+    }
+  }
+  return filteredArr;
 }
 
 if (typeof describe === 'function') {
-
-  describe('#forEach()', () => {
-    it('should call the callback the array.length number of times', () => {
-      let count = 0;
-      forEach([1, 2, 3], () => {
-        count++;
-      });
-      assert.equal(count, 3);
-    });
-  });
-
   describe('#map()', () => {
     const arr = [1, 2, 3];
     const mapped = map(arr, (num) => {
@@ -47,57 +66,23 @@ if (typeof describe === 'function') {
     })
   });
 
-  describe('#filter()', () => {
-    it('should return an array of items that pass the predicate test', () => {
-      const filtered = filter([1, 2, 3], (num) => {
-        return num % 2 === 0;
-      });
-      assert.deepEqual(filtered, [2]);
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('#some()', () => {
-    let count = 0;
-    const somed = some([1, 2, 3, 4], (num) => {
-      count++;
-      return num % 2 === 0;
-    });
-    it('should return true if at least one item passes the predicate test', () => {
-      assert.equal(somed, true);
-    });
-    it('should stop at the first item that passes the predicate test', () => {
-      assert.equal(count, 2);
-    });
-    it('should return false if no items pass the predicate test', () => {
-      const somed = some([1, 3, 5], (num) => {
-        return num % 2 === 0;
+  describe('#reduce()', () => {
+    it('should return array elements added together', () => {
+      const reduced = reduce([1, 2, 3], (acc, num) => {
+        return acc + num;
       });
-      assert.equal(somed, false);
+      assert.deepEqual(reduced, 6);
     });
   });
 
-  describe('#every()', () => {
-    it('should return true if at all passes the predicate test', () => {
-      const everied = every([2, 4, 6], (num) => {
+  describe('#filter()', () => {
+    it('should return an array of items that pass the predicate test', () => {
+      const filtered = filter([1, 2, 3], (num) => {
         return num % 2 === 0;
       });
-      assert.equal(everied, true);
-    });
-    let count = 0;
-    const everied = every([2, 3, 4, 5], (num) => {
-      count++;
-      return num % 2 === 0;
-    });
-    it('should return false if any item fails the predicate test', () => {
-      assert.equal(everied, false);
-    });
-    it('should stop at the first item that fails the predicate test', () => {
-      assert.equal(count, 2);
+      assert.deepEqual(filtered, [2]);
     });
   });
-
 } else {
-
   console.log('Only run the tests on this one!')
-
 }