#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>

int main(){
	int x,y,i,j;

	int c = 100;
	int d = 100;
	int next;
	int one1;
	int one2;
	int *pole1;
	int *pole2;
	int m;
	pole1 = (int*)malloc(c*sizeof(int));
	pole2 = (int*)malloc(d*sizeof(int));
	
	while(scanf("%d %d", &x, &y)){
		next= 0;
		if(x == 0 || y == 0){
			break;
			}

		if(x == y){
			printf("%d needs 0 steps, %d needs 0 steps, they meet at %d\n", x, y, x);
			continue;
		}
	
		pole1[0] = x;
		pole2[0] = y;
		i = 1;
		j = 1;
		one1 = 0;
		one2 = 0;
		while(1){
			if(i == c){
				pole1 = (int*)realloc(pole1, 2*c*sizeof(int));
				c *= 2;
			}

			if(one1==0){
				if(pole1[i-1] % 2 == 0){
					pole1[i] = pole1[i-1] / 2;
					if(pole1[i] == 1){
						one1 = 1;					
					}
					i++;
				}else{
					pole1[i] = (3 * pole1[i-1]) + 1;
					i++;
				}
		
				for( m = 0; m < j; m++){
					if(pole2[m] == pole1[i-1]){
						printf("%d needs %d steps, %d needs %d steps, they meet at %d\n", x, i-1, y, m, pole2[m]);
						next=1;
						break;
					}
				}
				if(next==1){
					break;
				}
			}

			if(j == d){
				pole2 = (int*)realloc(pole2, 2*d*sizeof(int));
				d *= 2;
			}

			if(one2==0){
				if(pole2[j-1] % 2 == 0){
					pole2[j] = pole2[j -1] / 2;
					if(pole2[j] == 1){
						one2 = 1;					
					}
					j++;
				}else{
					pole2[j] = (3 * pole2[j-1]) + 1;
					j++;
				}
		
				for(m = 0; m < i; m++){
					if(pole1[m] == pole2[j-1]){
						printf("%d needs %d steps, %d needs %d steps, they meet at %d\n", x, m, y, j-1, pole1[m]);
						next = 1;
						break;
					}
				}
				if(next==1){
					break;
				}
			}
		}
	
	}	

	free(pole1);
	free(pole2);
	return 0;
}