Alright, let's work through 1518 times 8497 step by step
1518 × 8497 = 8497 × (1518)
+ 8497 × 8 producing 67976
+ 8497 × 10 resulting in 84970
+ 8497 × 500 that results in 4248500
+ 8497 × 1000 which equals 8497000

= 12898446
