If you could explain to me how you get the answer, that will be great!

Answer:
156 inches^2
Step-by-step explanation:
The area of a triangle is 1/2 base x height
All of the triangles have a base of 6 inches and a height of 10 inches.
so 1/2 6 x 10= 30
There are 4 triangles with an area of 30 square inches
and then the square in the middle has a length of 6 in and a width of 6 in so it has an area of 36 in^2
so in total you would have 30+30+30+30+36, or 156