@nopinkiepie and @oretummy
calculate the area of the irregular polygon shown below:
choices:
24 square inches
44 square inches
54 square inches
84 square inches

Easy peasy
the fastest way is to pretend we have 1 big rectangle with  2 smaller rectangles cut out
see attachment

the big one is 12 by 7
the smaller ones are 5 by6 and 5 by 6

big-smaller=area
big=12*7=84
smaller=5*6+5*6=30+30=60

big-smaller=84-60=24

answer is 24 in²

first choice