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? 200

Fashion? 391

Inventions? 609

Birds? 598

Fairy tales? 398.21