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:
38625 → 115876 → 57938 → 28969 → 86908 → 43454 → 21727 → 65182 → 32591 → 97774 → 48887 → 146662 → 73331 → 219994 → 109997 → 329992 → 164996 → 82498 → 41249 → 123748 → 61874 → 30937 → 92812 → 46406 → 23203 → 69610 → 34805 → 104416 → 52208 → 26104 → 13052 → 6526 → 3263 → 9790 → 4895 → 14686 → 7343 → 22030 → 11015 → 33046 → 16523 → 49570 → 24785 → 74356 → 37178 → 18589 → 55768 → 27884 → 13942 → 6971 → 20914 → 10457 → 31372 → 15686 → 7843 → 23530 → 11765 → 35296 → 17648 → 8824 → 4412 → 2206 → 1103 → 3310 → 1655 → 4966 → 2483 → 7450 → 3725 → 11176 → 5588 → 2794 → 1397 → 4192 → 2096 → 1048 → 524 → 262 → 131 → 394 → 197 → 592 → 296 → 148 → 74 → 37 → 112 → 56 → 28 → 14 → 7 → 22 → 11 → 34 → 17 → 52 → 26 → 13 → 40 → 20 → 10 → 5 → 16 → 8 → 4 → 2 → 1
(106 steps)