Come on, Queen. You can do this. It's a square sitting on top of a long skinny rectangle. The rectangle is 12 wide and 2 high. It's area is 12x2=24. The only tough part is figuring out the width of the block sitting on it. The width of the block is what's left after you subtract the 5 and the 3 from the 12. That's (12-5-3)=4. Whaddaya know ! The block is 4 wide and 4 high ... It's a square ! Its area is 4x4=16. Add that to the area of the rectangle and you have the answer.
