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Thursday, 23 July 2015

Dewey Decimal Numbers

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 compressing computer science
796.3 - Athletic sports and games
500 - Natural science and mathematics
821 - Poetry
993.1 - NZ 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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