Alright, let's work through 2978 times 2907 step by step
2978 × 2907 = 2907 × (2978)
+ 2907 × 8 yielding 23256
+ 2907 × 70 which equals 203490
+ 2907 × 900 yielding 2616300
+ 2907 × 2000 which equals 5814000

= 8657046
