mw collatzConjecture

#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

int collatzConjecture(int number, int i=1)
{
    int result;
    if (number<=1)
    {
        cout << "1";
        cout << "\n"<<"It took " << i-1 << " steps to reach one" << endl;
        return 1;
    }
    else if ((number % 2) == 0)
    {
        number / 2;
        cout << number << " ";
        return collatzConjecture(number / 2,++i);
    }
    else
    {
        number * 3 + 1;
        cout << number << " ";
        return collatzConjecture(number * 3 + 1,++i);
    }

}

int main()
{
    int num;
    cout << "enter a num: " << endl;
    cin >> num;
    collatzConjecture(num);
}