 <p>In Python, string literals and numbers are separate types of object, and do not compare equal.</p> <pre><code>1 == "1" </code></pre> <p>returns False.</p> <p>You're iterating through your list of strings of numerals, but it's not a list of actual numbers.</p> <p>You can use the range() function (it's a python built-in) to generate a number list instead of typing it out by hand.</p>