Alright, let's work through 5522 times 8972 step by step
5522 × 8972 = 8972 × (5522)
+ 8972 × 2 resulting in 17944
+ 8972 × 20 yielding 179440
+ 8972 × 500 giving us 4486000
+ 8972 × 5000 resulting in 44860000

= 49543384
