Alright, let's work through 9742 times 9880 step by step
9742 × 9880 = 9880 × (9742)
+ 9880 × 2 yielding 19760
+ 9880 × 40 giving us 395200
+ 9880 × 700 which equals 6916000
+ 9880 × 9000 producing 88920000

= 96250960
