I keep getting this question wrong. Can someone please give me simple explanation how to solve this

44cm^2

Step-by-step explanation:

So you can first find the area of the top box by doing 3x3 (square) and than adding the area of the bottom box by doing 7x5 (rectangle).

The way I got 3x3 is because if you look at the bottom the total length is 7. Above that horizontal line is the number 4 and 3. You use the number 3 as it is part of the square.

No the way I got 7x5 is if you look at the right side the full length is 8. In front of that is the vertical line having the number 3. In order to figure out the side length for the bottom part you need to do 8-3. You than get 5 which is your side length for the far-left vertical line.

Now if you do the area of the square + the area of the rectangle you get the full area of the figure:

(3x3) + (7x5)

9 + 35

44

hope this helps! :)