How do I generate the first n prime numbers?

Question

I am learning Ruby and doing some math stuff. One of the things I want to do is generate prime numbers.

I want to generate the first ten prime numbers and the first ten

Answer 1

# First 10 Prime Numbers

number = 2
count = 1
while count < 10
  j = 2
  while j <= number
    break if number%j == 0
    j += 1
  end
  if j == number
    puts number 
    count += 1
  end
  number += 1
end