Let's roll up our sleeves and solve this. We have 471 and we're going to multiply it by 131, essentially adding 471 to itself 131 times.
Step 1: 0 + 471 = 471
Step 2: 471 + 471 = 942
Step 3: 942 + 471 = 1413
Step 4: 1413 + 471 = 1884
Step 5: 1884 + 471 = 2355
Step 6: 2355 + 471 = 2826
Step 7: 2826 + 471 = 3297
Step 8: 3297 + 471 = 3768
Step 9: 3768 + 471 = 4239
Step 10: 4239 + 471 = 4710
Step 11: 4710 + 471 = 5181
Step 12: 5181 + 471 = 5652
Step 13: 5652 + 471 = 6123
Step 14: 6123 + 471 = 6594
Step 15: 6594 + 471 = 7065
Step 16: 7065 + 471 = 7536
Step 17: 7536 + 471 = 8007
Step 18: 8007 + 471 = 8478
Step 19: 8478 + 471 = 8949
Step 20: 8949 + 471 = 9420
Step 21: 9420 + 471 = 9891
Step 22: 9891 + 471 = 10362
Step 23: 10362 + 471 = 10833
Step 24: 10833 + 471 = 11304
Step 25: 11304 + 471 = 11775
Step 26: 11775 + 471 = 12246
Step 27: 12246 + 471 = 12717
Step 28: 12717 + 471 = 13188
Step 29: 13188 + 471 = 13659
Step 30: 13659 + 471 = 14130
Step 31: 14130 + 471 = 14601
Step 32: 14601 + 471 = 15072
Step 33: 15072 + 471 = 15543
Step 34: 15543 + 471 = 16014
Step 35: 16014 + 471 = 16485
Step 36: 16485 + 471 = 16956
Step 37: 16956 + 471 = 17427
Step 38: 17427 + 471 = 17898
Step 39: 17898 + 471 = 18369
Step 40: 18369 + 471 = 18840
Step 41: 18840 + 471 = 19311
Step 42: 19311 + 471 = 19782
Step 43: 19782 + 471 = 20253
Step 44: 20253 + 471 = 20724
Step 45: 20724 + 471 = 21195
Step 46: 21195 + 471 = 21666
Step 47: 21666 + 471 = 22137
Step 48: 22137 + 471 = 22608
Step 49: 22608 + 471 = 23079
Step 50: 23079 + 471 = 23550
Step 51: 23550 + 471 = 24021
Step 52: 24021 + 471 = 24492
Step 53: 24492 + 471 = 24963
Step 54: 24963 + 471 = 25434
Step 55: 25434 + 471 = 25905
Step 56: 25905 + 471 = 26376
Step 57: 26376 + 471 = 26847
Step 58: 26847 + 471 = 27318
Step 59: 27318 + 471 = 27789
Step 60: 27789 + 471 = 28260
Step 61: 28260 + 471 = 28731
Step 62: 28731 + 471 = 29202
Step 63: 29202 + 471 = 29673
Step 64: 29673 + 471 = 30144
Step 65: 30144 + 471 = 30615
Step 66: 30615 + 471 = 31086
Step 67: 31086 + 471 = 31557
Step 68: 31557 + 471 = 32028
Step 69: 32028 + 471 = 32499
Step 70: 32499 + 471 = 32970
Step 71: 32970 + 471 = 33441
Step 72: 33441 + 471 = 33912
Step 73: 33912 + 471 = 34383
Step 74: 34383 + 471 = 34854
Step 75: 34854 + 471 = 35325
Step 76: 35325 + 471 = 35796
Step 77: 35796 + 471 = 36267
Step 78: 36267 + 471 = 36738
Step 79: 36738 + 471 = 37209
Step 80: 37209 + 471 = 37680
Step 81: 37680 + 471 = 38151
Step 82: 38151 + 471 = 38622
Step 83: 38622 + 471 = 39093
Step 84: 39093 + 471 = 39564
Step 85: 39564 + 471 = 40035
Step 86: 40035 + 471 = 40506
Step 87: 40506 + 471 = 40977
Step 88: 40977 + 471 = 41448
Step 89: 41448 + 471 = 41919
Step 90: 41919 + 471 = 42390
Step 91: 42390 + 471 = 42861
Step 92: 42861 + 471 = 43332
Step 93: 43332 + 471 = 43803
Step 94: 43803 + 471 = 44274
Step 95: 44274 + 471 = 44745
Step 96: 44745 + 471 = 45216
Step 97: 45216 + 471 = 45687
Step 98: 45687 + 471 = 46158
Step 99: 46158 + 471 = 46629
Step 100: 46629 + 471 = 47100
Step 101: 47100 + 471 = 47571
Step 102: 47571 + 471 = 48042
Step 103: 48042 + 471 = 48513
Step 104: 48513 + 471 = 48984
Step 105: 48984 + 471 = 49455
Step 106: 49455 + 471 = 49926
Step 107: 49926 + 471 = 50397
Step 108: 50397 + 471 = 50868
Step 109: 50868 + 471 = 51339
Step 110: 51339 + 471 = 51810
Step 111: 51810 + 471 = 52281
Step 112: 52281 + 471 = 52752
Step 113: 52752 + 471 = 53223
Step 114: 53223 + 471 = 53694
Step 115: 53694 + 471 = 54165
Step 116: 54165 + 471 = 54636
Step 117: 54636 + 471 = 55107
Step 118: 55107 + 471 = 55578
Step 119: 55578 + 471 = 56049
Step 120: 56049 + 471 = 56520
Step 121: 56520 + 471 = 56991
Step 122: 56991 + 471 = 57462
Step 123: 57462 + 471 = 57933
Step 124: 57933 + 471 = 58404
Step 125: 58404 + 471 = 58875
Step 126: 58875 + 471 = 59346
Step 127: 59346 + 471 = 59817
Step 128: 59817 + 471 = 60288
Step 129: 60288 + 471 = 60759
Step 130: 60759 + 471 = 61230
Step 131: 61230 + 471 = 61701

So, 471*131 = 61701