Times here means multiplication. If you take a length of 3cm and multiply it by width of 2 cm, you are adding 3cm twice, which gets you 6cm. why is that the 'area'. Actually, what does area even mean? Of course I understand that you have to multiply the units too, so it's actually 6cm squared. But cm squared as a concept is even more baffling.

Someone explain to me like I am five the idea of area and why it's length times width.