#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int ile;
int liczba[100];
int licznik=0;
cin>>ile;
for(int i=0; i<ile; i++)
{
cin>>liczba[i];
if(liczba[i]==1)cout<<0<<endl;
else
{
while(liczba[i]!=1)
{
if(liczba[i]%2!=0)
{
liczba[i]=liczba[i]*3 + 1;
licznik++;
}
if(liczba[i]%2==0)
{
liczba[i]=liczba[i]/2;
licznik++;
}
}
cout<<licznik<<endl;
}
licznik=0;
}
return 0;
}
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