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Thursday, 23 July 2015

Dewey Decimals 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 Computers Science.
796.3 - Athletics & outdoor sports and games
500 - Natural Science and 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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