Find the area of the shape you must show all work to receive credit

There are many different ways to do this kind of problem. My first thought was to make a large rectangle around the whole figure. This large rectangle would be 4 by 6 and have an area of 24 units^2. Then I would subtract the parts not used in the figure. 24-16 is 8 units2. I also counted the squares in the figure to check my work. All of the squares on the grid that aren’t completely part of the figure are split in half so it takes two to equal one unit^2. You get 8 that way too