Timed will give 20 pts what is the area of parallelogram abcd?

First, split up the shape into multiple other shapes. We can split it into two triangles, two different triangles, and a square.

The square has area 6. 
The first triangle measures 3 x 1, meaning that the area is 3/2. Since we have two, their combined area is 3. 
The other two triangles measure 4 x 1, meaning that their area is 2. Since we have two, their combined area is 4.

Thus, the area is 3 + 4 + 6 = 13.