diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d10c35e..0285ce3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,18 @@
     <groupId>com.zipcodewilmington.labs</groupId>
     <artifactId>arrayutils</artifactId>
     <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>6</source>
+                    <target>6</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/StringArrayUtils.java b/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/StringArrayUtils.java
index 4bcce66..07906fb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/StringArrayUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/zipcodewilmington/StringArrayUtils.java
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 package com.zipcodewilmington;
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
 /**
  * Created by leon on 1/29/18.
  */
@@ -25,7 +29,7 @@ public static String getSecondElement(String[] array) {
      * @return last element in specified array
      */ // TODO
     public static String getLastElement(String[] array) {
-        return null;
+        return array[array.length - 1];
     }
 
     /**
@@ -33,7 +37,7 @@ public static String getLastElement(String[] array) {
      * @return second to last element in specified array
      */ // TODO
     public static String getSecondToLastElement(String[] array) {
-        return null;
+        return array[array.length - 2];
     }
 
     /**
@@ -42,7 +46,13 @@ public static String getSecondToLastElement(String[] array) {
      * @return true if the array contains the specified `value`
      */ // TODO
     public static boolean contains(String[] array, String value) {
-        return false;
+        ArrayList<String> arrayToList = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(array));
+        if (arrayToList.contains(value)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        else {
+            return false;
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -50,7 +60,12 @@ public static boolean contains(String[] array, String value) {
      * @return an array with identical contents in reverse order
      */ // TODO
     public static String[] reverse(String[] array) {
-        return null;
+        ArrayList<String> arrayList = new ArrayList<String>();
+        for (int i = array.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+            arrayList.add(array[i]);
+        }
+        String[] backToArray = arrayList.toArray(new String[0]);
+        return backToArray;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -58,7 +73,17 @@ public static String[] reverse(String[] array) {
      * @return true if the order of the array is the same backwards and forwards
      */ // TODO
     public static boolean isPalindromic(String[] array) {
-        return false;
+        ArrayList<String> arrayList = new ArrayList<String>();
+        for (int i = array.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+            arrayList.add(array[i]);
+        }
+        String[] backToArray = arrayList.toArray(new String[0]);
+        if (Arrays.equals(backToArray,array)) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        else {
+            return false;
+        }
     }
 
     /**
@@ -66,7 +91,16 @@ public static boolean isPalindromic(String[] array) {
      * @return true if each letter in the alphabet has been used in the array
      */ // TODO
     public static boolean isPangramic(String[] array) {
-        return false;
+        String[] alphabet = new String[] {"a","b","c","d","e","f","g","h","i","j","k","l","m","n","o","p","q","r","s","t","u","v","w","x","y","z"};
+        List<String> arrayToList = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(array));
+        String arrayToString = arrayToList.toString();
+        arrayToString = arrayToString.replaceAll(",", "").replaceAll(" ","").toLowerCase();
+        for (int i = 0; i < alphabet.length; i++) {
+            if (!arrayToString.contains(alphabet[i])) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        }
+        return true;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -75,7 +109,13 @@ public static boolean isPangramic(String[] array) {
      * @return number of occurrences the specified `value` has occurred
      */ // TODO
     public static int getNumberOfOccurrences(String[] array, String value) {
-        return 0;
+        int occurrences = 0;
+        for (String word : array) {
+            if (word.equals(value)) {
+                occurrences++;
+            }
+        }
+        return occurrences;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -84,7 +124,11 @@ public static int getNumberOfOccurrences(String[] array, String value) {
      * @return array with identical contents excluding values of `value`
      */ // TODO
     public static String[] removeValue(String[] array, String valueToRemove) {
-        return null;
+        ArrayList<String> arrayToList = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(array));
+        arrayToList.remove(valueToRemove);
+        String[] backToArray = new String[arrayToList.size()];
+        backToArray = arrayToList.toArray(backToArray);
+        return backToArray;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -92,7 +136,16 @@ public static String[] removeValue(String[] array, String valueToRemove) {
      * @return array of Strings with consecutive duplicates removes
      */ // TODO
     public static String[] removeConsecutiveDuplicates(String[] array) {
-        return null;
+        List<String> arrayList = new ArrayList<String>();
+        arrayList.add(array[0]);
+        int indexForList = 0; // Have to create an index for the list b/c when it removes a dup, the size of the list doesn't increase
+        for (int i = 1; i < array.length; i++) {
+            if (!arrayList.get(indexForList).contains(array[i])) {
+                arrayList.add(array[i]);
+                indexForList++;
+            }
+        }
+        return arrayList.toArray(new String[0]);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -100,7 +153,19 @@ public static String[] removeConsecutiveDuplicates(String[] array) {
      * @return array of Strings with each consecutive duplicate occurrence concatenated as a single string in an array of Strings
      */ // TODO
     public static String[] packConsecutiveDuplicates(String[] array) {
-        return null;
+        ArrayList<String> arrayList = new ArrayList<String>();
+        arrayList.add(array[0]);
+        int indexForList = 0; // Have to create an index for the list b/c when it concats a dup, the size of the list doesn't increase
+        for (int i = 1; i < array.length; i++) {
+            if (arrayList.get(indexForList).contains(array[i])) {
+                arrayList.set(indexForList, (arrayList.get(indexForList) + array[i]));
+            }
+            else {
+                arrayList.add(array[i]);
+                indexForList++;
+            }
+        }
+        return arrayList.toArray(new String[0]);
     }