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Thursday 23 July 2015

Dewey decimals

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 - computer science
796.3 - Athletics
500 - Science mathematics
821 - english poetry
993.1 - NZ history

At what Dewey Decimal number would you find the following subjects:
Myths and Legends? 753
Fashion? 687
Inventions? 600
Birds? 598

Fairy tales? 398

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