import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;


class Main{
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        InputReader in = new InputReader(System.in);
        PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(System.out);

        int n =  in.nextInt();
        int k =  in.nextInt();
        int count = 0;
        while (n != 0){
            n /= k;
            count++;
        }
        out.println(count);
        out.close();
    }

    static class InputReader {
        public BufferedReader reader;
        public StringTokenizer tokenizer;

        public InputReader(InputStream stream) {
            reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(stream), 32768);
            tokenizer = null;
        }

        public String next() {
            while (tokenizer == null || !tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
                try {
                    tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(reader.readLine());
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    throw new RuntimeException(e);
                }
            }
            return tokenizer.nextToken();
        }

        public int nextInt() {
            return Integer.parseInt(next());
        }

    }
}
 import java.io.IOException; IOException java.io import java.io.InputStream; InputStream java.io import java.io.PrintWriter; PrintWriter java.io import java.util.StringTokenizer; StringTokenizer java.util import java.io.BufferedReader; BufferedReader java.io import java.io.InputStreamReader; InputStreamReader java.io class Main{
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        InputReader in = new InputReader(System.in);
        PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(System.out);

        int n =  in.nextInt();
        int k =  in.nextInt();
        int count = 0;
        while (n != 0){
            n /= k;
            count++;
        }
        out.println(count);
        out.close();
    }

    static class InputReader {
        public BufferedReader reader;
        public StringTokenizer tokenizer;

        public InputReader(InputStream stream) {
            reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(stream), 32768);
            tokenizer = null;
        }

        public String next() {
            while (tokenizer == null || !tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
                try {
                    tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(reader.readLine());
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    throw new RuntimeException(e);
                }
            }
            return tokenizer.nextToken();
        }

        public int nextInt() {
            return Integer.parseInt(next());
        }

    }
} Main public static void main(String[] args) {
        InputReader in = new InputReader(System.in);
        PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(System.out);

        int n =  in.nextInt();
        int k =  in.nextInt();
        int count = 0;
        while (n != 0){
            n /= k;
            count++;
        }
        out.println(count);
        out.close();
    } main {
        InputReader in = new InputReader(System.in);
        PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(System.out);

        int n =  in.nextInt();
        int k =  in.nextInt();
        int count = 0;
        while (n != 0){
            n /= k;
            count++;
        }
        out.println(count);
        out.close();
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            n /= k;
            count++;
        } n != 0 n 0 {
            n /= k;
            count++;
        } n /= k n k count++ count out.println(count) out.println out count out.close() out.close out String[] args args static class InputReader {
        public BufferedReader reader;
        public StringTokenizer tokenizer;

        public InputReader(InputStream stream) {
            reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(stream), 32768);
            tokenizer = null;
        }

        public String next() {
            while (tokenizer == null || !tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
                try {
                    tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(reader.readLine());
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    throw new RuntimeException(e);
                }
            }
            return tokenizer.nextToken();
        }

        public int nextInt() {
            return Integer.parseInt(next());
        }

    } InputReader public BufferedReader reader; reader public StringTokenizer tokenizer; tokenizer public InputReader(InputStream stream) {
            reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(stream), 32768);
            tokenizer = null;
        } InputReader {
            reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(stream), 32768);
            tokenizer = null;
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            while (tokenizer == null || !tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
                try {
                    tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(reader.readLine());
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    throw new RuntimeException(e);
                }
            }
            return tokenizer.nextToken();
        } next {
            while (tokenizer == null || !tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
                try {
                    tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(reader.readLine());
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    throw new RuntimeException(e);
                }
            }
            return tokenizer.nextToken();
        } while (tokenizer == null || !tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
                try {
                    tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(reader.readLine());
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    throw new RuntimeException(e);
                }
            } tokenizer == null || !tokenizer.hasMoreTokens() tokenizer == null tokenizer null !tokenizer.hasMoreTokens() tokenizer.hasMoreTokens() tokenizer.hasMoreTokens tokenizer {
                try {
                    tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(reader.readLine());
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    throw new RuntimeException(e);
                }
            } try {
                    tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(reader.readLine());
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    throw new RuntimeException(e);
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    throw new RuntimeException(e);
                } IOException e {
                    throw new RuntimeException(e);
                } throw new RuntimeException(e); new RuntimeException(e) {
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                } tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(reader.readLine()) tokenizer new StringTokenizer(reader.readLine()) return tokenizer.nextToken(); tokenizer.nextToken() tokenizer.nextToken tokenizer public int nextInt() {
            return Integer.parseInt(next());
        } nextInt {
            return Integer.parseInt(next());
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import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;


class Main{
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        InputReader in = new InputReader(System.in);
        PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(System.out);

        int n =  in.nextInt();
        int k =  in.nextInt();
        int count = 0;
        while (n != 0){
            n /= k;
            count++;
        }
        out.println(count);
        out.close();
    }

    static class InputReader {
        public BufferedReader reader;
        public StringTokenizer tokenizer;

        public InputReader(InputStream stream) {
            reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(stream), 32768);
            tokenizer = null;
        }

        public String next() {
            while (tokenizer == null || !tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
                try {
                    tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(reader.readLine());
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    throw new RuntimeException(e);
                }
            }
            return tokenizer.nextToken();
        }

        public int nextInt() {
            return Integer.parseInt(next());
        }

    }
}

