Alright, let's work through 2042 times 2601 step by step
2042 × 2601 = 2601 × (2042)
+ 2601 × 2 giving us 5202
+ 2601 × 40 yielding 104040
+ 2601 × 000 which equals 0
+ 2601 × 2000 that equals 5202000

= 5311242
