import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Scanner;

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/**
 *
 * @author cteam063
 */
public class collatz {

//    public static void printCSequence(long from) {
//        while (true) {
//            System.out.println(from + ", ");
//            from = nextCollatz(from);
//            if (from == 1) {
//                return;
//            }
//        }
//    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Scanner scanner = new Scanner(System.in);
        long cura, curb, met;
        int a = scanner.nextInt();

////TEST:
//        printCSequence(a);
////ENDTEST


        int b = scanner.nextInt();
        Date startTime = new Date();
        Date endTime = new Date();

        while (!(a == 0 && b == 0)) {
            List<Long> alist = new ArrayList<Long>();
            List<Long> blist = new ArrayList<Long>();
            alist.add(new Long(a));
            blist.add(new Long(b));


            while (true) {
                cura = nextCollatz(alist.get(alist.size() - 1));
                curb = nextCollatz(blist.get(blist.size() - 1));
                alist.add(cura);
                blist.add(curb);

                if (alist.contains(curb)) {
                    met = curb;
                    break;
                }
                if (blist.contains(cura)) {
                    met = cura;
                    break;
                }
            }

            System.out.println(String.format("%d needs %d steps, %d needs %d steps, they meet at %d", a, alist.indexOf(met), b, blist.indexOf(met), met));

            a = scanner.nextInt();
            b = scanner.nextInt();
        }
    }

    public static long nextCollatz(long n) {
        if (n == 1) {
            return 1;
        }
        if (n % 2 == 0) {
            return n / 2;
        } else {
            return 3 * n + 1;
        }
    }
}