Alright, let's work through 5542 times 5566 step by step
5542 × 5566 = 5566 × (5542)
+ 5566 × 2 producing 11132
+ 5566 × 40 giving us 222640
+ 5566 × 500 resulting in 2783000
+ 5566 × 5000 which equals 27830000

= 30846772
