Alright, let's work through 3979 times 3042 step by step
3979 × 3042 = 3042 × (3979)
+ 3042 × 9 resulting in 27378
+ 3042 × 70 producing 212940
+ 3042 × 900 that results in 2737800
+ 3042 × 3000 resulting in 9126000

= 12104118
