math competition cheat device (kinda inefficient)

# Welcome to my cheat devices folder!
# This program was written for a math competition.

# There's this game where I have to move a block
# (value = 1) into some other blocks to add/multiply
# it (values in 'listed'). sounds simple enough, but
# well, it's not. That's why I'm writing this code
# lmao. Don't underestimate these kinda games.

# If anyone wants to simplify this, please hmu :^)




import random

result = 0
while result != 49:
    listed = ["+2","+3","+5","*2","*3","*5"]

    pathway = random.sample(listed, 6)
    pathway = str(pathway)
    pathway = pathway.replace("', '", "")

    path = "1"+str(pathway)[2:-2]

    value1 = str(path)[0:-10]
    value2 = str(path)[3:-8]
    value3 = str(path)[5:-6]
    value4 = str(path)[7:-4]
    value5 = str(path)[9:-2]
    value6 = str(path)[11:0]

    test1 = value1
    road1 = eval(test1)
    test2 = str(road1) + value2
    road2 = eval(test2)
    test3 = str(road2) + value3
    road3 = eval(test3)
    test4 = str(road3) + value4
    road4 = eval(test4)
    test5 = str(road4) + value5

    result = eval(test5)

    print(path[0:-2], "=", result)





# Notes:

# As you can see, I didn't use value6 in the result
# calculation. If I were to include it, there would
# be another two lines:
#     road5 = eval(test5)
#     test6 = str(road5) + value6
# and  the result would be eval(test6) instead.
# However, as my math requires me to look for 49,
# my answer is achieved through 5 values only.

# You can change the values in 'listed' into any
# combination of operators and numbers you'd like!
# I just chose those ones because that's what I was
# supposed to work with.

# Also, the '6' in random.sample() represents the
# amount of values inside 'listed'. If you'd like to
# add less or more values into the list, adjust that
# as well.

# The things in square brackets, like [0:-2], tell
# Python where to start and where to end. For
# example, [1:-1] tell it to start at value 1 and
# end at '-1' counting from the last character. So
# if an object value is 12345, it'll be reduced to
# just 234. (Remember: the start and end values
# are 0, so to get 12345 you would have to type
# [0:0].




































# New (still not working yet) version:



# Created on 14/05/2021-15/05/2021
# Last modified on 16/05/2021
# Last used on N/A

import random

result = 0
x = 0
listed = ["+2","+3","+5","*2"]
cherish = "0"

def value(x):
    x=x
    value="value"+str(x)
    return value

while x==0:
    final = input("Please input a number.\n> ")
    if final.isnumeric() == True:
        break
    else:
        print("Please try again.\n")

cherish = str(value(x))

while result != final:

    pathway = random.sample(listed, len(listed))
    pathway = str(pathway)
    pathway = pathway.replace("', '", "")

    path = "1"+str(pathway)[2:-2]

    cherish = str(path)[x:(x+3)]

    while x != (len(listed)*2):

        step = str(eval(cherish))
        lane = str(path)[x:x+3]
        roadway = eval(step) + eval(lane)
        sidewalk = eval(str(roadway))

        print ("path, cherish, step, lane, roadway, sidewalk:", path,",", cherish,",", step,",", lane,",", roadway,",", sidewalk)

        x = x + 2
        cherish = str(step)

    if result == final:
        break

print(path[0:-2], "=", result)