Lisa has 12 more stickers than John, and together they have 60 stickers. What is the ratio of the number of Lisa’s stickers to the number of John’s stickers?

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You can work this several ways. One way is to figure out how many stickers each has, then write their relationship as a ratio.

Here, Lisa will have 12/2 = 6 more than half the total number of stickers, hence 36. John will have the remaining 24. Their ratio is
  Lisa's stickers : John's stickers = 36 : 24 = 3 : 2

Another way to look at this is to realize 12 divides 60 into 5 equal parts. The ratio that will total 5 parts with one number being 1 larger than the other is 3 : 2.
  Lisa's stickers : John's stickers = 3 : 2

Answer:

3:2

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