Question

A ship of pirates is attacked by a gang of ninjas. The pirates have 6 more people than the ninjas. There are a total of 70 people in the battle. How many people are on each side?

Answer 1

Ninjas = 32

Pirates = 38

Explanation:

if the total equals 70 then slipt into 35 and 35 for each (35+35=70), then keep subtracting one from the ninjas and adding 1 to the pirate until pirates has 6 more than ninjas