Alright, let's work through 3996 times 542 step by step
3996 × 542 = 542 × (3996)
+ 542 × 6 yielding 3252
+ 542 × 90 resulting in 48780
+ 542 × 900 what gives us 487800
+ 542 × 3000 that results in 1626000

= 2165832
