Alright, let's work through 2009 times 8938 step by step
2009 × 8938 = 8938 × (2009)
+ 8938 × 9 resulting in 80442
+ 8938 × 00 that results in 0
+ 8938 × 000 giving us 0
+ 8938 × 2000 which equals 17876000

= 17956442
