import java.util.Scanner;


public class collatz {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
	
		Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in);
		
		Integer poleA[] = new Integer[1000];
		Integer poleB[] = new Integer[1000];
		String vysledky[] = new String[1000];
		
		while(true){
		
		for (int i = 0; i < poleA.length; i++) {
			poleA[i]=null;
		}
		
		for (int i = 0; i < poleB.length; i++) {
			poleB[i]=null;
		}
			
		String cisla = sc.nextLine();
		
		String poleCisel[] = cisla.split(" ");	
		
		int a = Integer.valueOf(poleCisel[0]);
		int b = Integer.valueOf(poleCisel[1]);
		
		if(a==0 && b==0){
			for (int i = 0; i < vysledky.length; i++) {
				if(vysledky[i]!=null){
					System.out.println(vysledky[i]);
				}
			}
			
			System.exit(0);
		}
		
		int a2=a;
		int b2=b;
		
		poleA[0] = a;
		poleB[0] = b;
				
		int index = 1;
		
		while(a!=1){
			if(a%2==0){
				a=a/2;
				while(true){
					if(poleA[index]==null){
						poleA[index]=a;
						break;
					}else{
						index++;
					}
				}
			}else{
				a=3*a+1;
				while(true){
					if(poleA[index]==null){
						poleA[index]=a;
						break;
					}else{
						index++;
					}
				}
			}
		}
		
		index = 1;
		
		while(b!=1){
			if(b%2==0){
				b=b/2;
				while(true){
					if(poleB[index]==null){
						poleB[index]=b;
						break;
					}else{
						index++;
					}
				}
			}else{
				b=3*b+1;
				while(true){
					if(poleB[index]==null){
						poleB[index]=b;
						break;
					}else{
						index++;
					}
				}
			}
		}
		
		/*for (int i = 0; i < poleA.length; i++) {
			System.out.print(poleA[i]+" ");
		}
		
		System.out.println();
		
		for (int i = 0; i < poleB.length; i++) {
			System.out.print(poleB[i]+" ");
		}*/
		
		
		boolean vyskyt = false;
		
		int o =0;
		
	for (int i = 0; i < poleB.length; i++) {
		if(vyskyt){
			break;
		}
		
		if(poleB[i]!=null){
			for (int j = 0; j < poleA.length; j++) {
				
				if(vyskyt){
					break;
				}
				
				if(poleA[j]!=null){
					if(!vyskyt){
						if(poleB[i]==poleA[j]){
							while(true){
								if(vysledky[o]==null){
									vysledky[o]= a2 +" needs "+j+" steps, "+b2+" needs "+i+" steps, they meet at "+poleA[j];
									vyskyt=true;
									break;
								}else{
									o++;
								}
							}
						}
					}
				}	
			}
		}
	}
		
		
		
		
		}
		
	}
}