import math

def isprime(num):
    """ Returns True if the input is a prime number, False otherwise """
    for i in range(2, int(math.sqrt(num)+1)):
        if num % i == 0:
            return False

    return True

def firstprimes(num):
    """ Prints out the first num primes """
    count = 0  # the number of primes we've printed out
    current = 2  # the current number we're checking
        
    while count < num:
        if isprime(current):
            print current
            count += 1 # same as count = count + 1
        
        current += 1 # same as current = current + 1