Express the following as a fraction in simplest form :

4.75

We have:

4.75

There are 2 decimal places, so we remove the decimal point and divide by 100.

$\phantom{=} 4.75 = \dfrac{475}{100} \\[1em] = \dfrac{19}{4} \quad \text{[Dividing both by 25]} \\[1em] = 4\dfrac{3}{4}$

∴ The answer is $4\dfrac{3}{4}$