Llene is making smoothies. The recipe calls for 1 1/4 cups of strawberries, How many cups of strawberries, written as a fraction greater than one, are used in the recipe?

I think you're asking to rewrite this as an improper fraction (which are actually more useful than a mixed number in higher level classes).

Multiply the denominator by the number in front of the fraction. 4 x 1 = 4.

Then add it to the numberator.

4 + 1 = 5.

So its 5/4