To amuse you while you consider your next move, here is a demonstration of the
Collatz Conjecture for a random integer between 1,000 and 50,000:
9760 → 4880 → 2440 → 1220 → 610 → 305 → 916 → 458 → 229 → 688 → 344 → 172 → 86 → 43 → 130 → 65 → 196 → 98 → 49 → 148 → 74 → 37 → 112 → 56 → 28 → 14 → 7 → 22 → 11 → 34 → 17 → 52 → 26 → 13 → 40 → 20 → 10 → 5 → 16 → 8 → 4 → 2 → 1
(42 steps)