Amelia is buying walnuts for a recipe. She already has 1 1/4 cups of walnuts. The recipe calls for 2 3/4 cups of walnuts. How many cups of walnuts does Amelia need to buy?

Let c be the number of cups of walnuts Amelia needs to buys. Describe the situation with an equation.
1 1/4 + c = 2 3/4
How money cups of walnuts does Amelia need to buy?
Amelia needs to buy ? cups of walnuts

Amelia needs to buy 1 1/2 cups of walnuts.