Alright, let's work through 9516 times 2993 step by step
9516 × 2993 = 2993 × (9516)
+ 2993 × 6 resulting in 17958
+ 2993 × 10 yielding 29930
+ 2993 × 500 that is equal 1496500
+ 2993 × 9000 that equals 26937000

= 28481388
