Alright, let's work through 2968 times 2879 step by step
2968 × 2879 = 2879 × (2968)
+ 2879 × 8 giving us 23032
+ 2879 × 60 what gives us 172740
+ 2879 × 900 yielding 2591100
+ 2879 × 2000 that equals 5758000

= 8544872
