Alright, let's work through 2531 times 8596 step by step
2531 × 8596 = 8596 × (2531)
+ 8596 × 1 resulting in 8596
+ 8596 × 30 which equals 257880
+ 8596 × 500 giving us 4298000
+ 8596 × 2000 giving us 17192000

= 21756476
