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How do you read a 5 band resistor color code?

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For example, a resistor has the following coloured markings; Yellow Violet Red = 4 7 2 = 4 7 x 102 = 4700\u03a9 or 4k7 Ohm. The fourth and fifth bands are used to determine the percentage tolerance of the resistor.

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