Assignment #76 and Collatz Sequence

Code

    ///Name: Tim Gibson
    ///Period: 6
    ///Project Name: Collatz Sequence
    ///File Name: Collatz.java
    ///Date Finished: 10/27/15
        
    import java.util.Scanner;
    
    public class Collatz
    {
        public static void main ( String[] args )
        {
            Scanner keyboard = new Scanner(System.in);
            
            int a, n;
            n = 0;
            
            System.out.print( "Starting number: " );
            a = keyboard.nextInt();
            
            System.out.print(a);
            
            while ( a != 1 )
            {
               if ( a % 2 == 0 )
                    a = a / 2;
                
               else 
                    a = ( 3 * a ) + 1;
               
               System.out.print( "\t" + a );
               n++;
            }
            
            System.out.println( "\nTerminated after " + n + " steps." );
        }
    }
        

Picture of the output

Assignment76