Alright, let's work through 5231 times 5540 step by step
5231 × 5540 = 5540 × (5231)
+ 5540 × 1 that results in 5540
+ 5540 × 30 resulting in 166200
+ 5540 × 200 yielding 1108000
+ 5540 × 5000 that equals 27700000

= 28979740
