Express the improper fraction 9/4 as a mixed number and state how many whole shapes (each divided into fourths) would be fully shaded when representing 9/4 visually.

• A. 2 1/4 — two whole shapes fully shaded and one quarter of another shaded
• B. 9 —nine wholes fully shaded with 4 parts each, because each fourth represents a whole shape
• C. 3 —three whole shapes fully shaded and nothing left over, because 9 fourths is three wholes
• D. 1 1/4 — one whole and one quarter shaded

Answer: (A)