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 Athletic & outdoor sports and games
500 Natural Science & mathematics
821 English poetry
993.1 New Zealand
At what Dewey Decimal number would you find the following subjects:
Myths and Legends? 753
Fashion? 687
Inventions?608
Birds?598
Fairy tales?398
