First, please go to the following website and see the figure (picture). Then, please help me to answer the two questions.
Figure website: http://www.geocities.jp/sms12147/math.JPG
1) If its area is 54 m^2, find the value of x.
2) If a piece of chalk can paint an area of 0.3 m^2 and the value of x in the figure is 12, how many pieces of chalk are needed to paint the whole figure ?