Alright, let's work through 3972 times 2970 step by step
3972 × 2970 = 2970 × (3972)
+ 2970 × 2 giving us 5940
+ 2970 × 70 that results in 207900
+ 2970 × 900 yielding 2673000
+ 2970 × 3000 that is equal 8910000

= 11796840
