Gabriel and Lee have some gold staplers and some white staplers. The number of white staplers Gabriel has is equal to the number of gold staplers Lee has. ¹₃ of Gabriel's staplers are gold and ⁵₆ of Lee's staplers are white. There are a total of 27 gold staplers. Find the total number of staplers they have.

Gabriel		Lee		Total
Gold	White	Gold	White
	1x2	1x2
1x1	2x1	1x2	5x2
1 u	2 u	2 u	10 u	15 u

The number of Gabriel's white staplers and Lee's gold staplers is the same.

The number of Gabriel's white staplers is repeated. The number of Lee's gold staplers is repeated.  Make the number of Gabriel's white staplers and Lee's gold staplers the same.  LCM of 2 and 3 is 2.

Number of gold staplers
= 1 u + 2 u
= 3 u

3 u = 27

1 u = 27 ÷ 3 = 9

Total number of staplers
= 1 u + 2 u + 2 u + 10 u
= 15 u
= 15 x 9
= 135

Answer(s): 135