To find the volume of a square prism using the formula \( V = s^2h \), where \( s \) is the length of each side of the square base and \( h \) is the height, we can substitute the given values \( s = 4 \) and \( h = 6 \).
So, we calculate the volume as follows:
\[ V = s^2h = 4^2 \times 6 \]
Calculating \( 4^2 \):
\[ 4^2 = 16 \]
Now substitute this back into the equation:
\[ V = 16 \times 6 = 96 \]
Thus, the volume of the square prism is \( 96 \) cubic centimeters.
The correct answer is:
96 cubic centimeters.