if you were going to represent the top view of the figure, state which boxes would be shaded
Nothing would be shaded. Because you would just see the bottom shape. For example, if you were looking at a top of a box you would just see a square.
1 2 3 4
5 6 7 8
9 10 11 12
13 14 14 15
Shaded Numbers: 13,9,10,11,7,3,4