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 -  Football

500 -  Natural science and 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? - 608

Birds? - 598

Fairy tales? - 398.21