Alright, let's work through 2988 times 2497 step by step
2988 × 2497 = 2497 × (2988)
+ 2497 × 8 resulting in 19976
+ 2497 × 80 yielding 199760
+ 2497 × 900 that results in 2247300
+ 2497 × 2000 giving us 4994000

= 7461036
