Alright, let's work through 2942 times 2957 step by step
2942 × 2957 = 2957 × (2942)
+ 2957 × 2 giving us 5914
+ 2957 × 40 resulting in 118280
+ 2957 × 900 that results in 2661300
+ 2957 × 2000 which equals 5914000

= 8699494
