Let us observe the image a little, we can find the area of the hexagon equals to the area of the large rectangle minus 4 small triangles surrounding the hexagon. The area of the rectangle is 8 × 12 is 96 cm². The area of 1 small triangle is 4 × 3.5 ÷ 2 = 7, there are 4 triangles, so the total area is 4 × 7 = 28. So the hexagon's area is 96 - 28 = 68 cm²
