I'm not sure which one of the two questions you are asking for, but here is the answer for the question I saw first.
First you want to break the area apart in to separate, smaller areas. Such as (12cm × 9cm) and (4cm × 6cm).
Once broken apart, you can find their individual areas:
12 · 9 = 108cm²
4 · 6 = 24cm²
Then, to get the whole area, you simply just add them back together.
108 + 24 = 132cm²