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Thursday, 23 July 2015

Dewey Decimal System


Decimals

Non-fiction books are arranged on the shelves numerically.
The books are given a decimal number according to their subject.

Try putting these numbers in order.



  1. 001 2. 362 3. 500 4. 593.9
5. 610 6.629.2 7.737.5 8. 745.5
9. 808.8 10. 994

Look through the non-fiction shelves in the library.  What subjects do you find at these numbers.

004 - Data processing Computer science
796.3 - Athletics, outdoor sports & games
500 - Natural sciences & mathematics
821 -  English poetry
993.1 - New zealand history

At what Dewey Decimal number would you find the following subjects:

Myths and Legends? - 753

Fashion? - 687

Inventions? - 608

Birds? - 598

Fairy tales? - 398

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