Dewey numbers

Decimals

Non-fiction books are arranged on the shelves numerically.

The books are given a decimal number according to their

1.001 2.362 3.500 4.593.9        5.994 6.610 7.629.2 8.737.5

9.745.5 10.808.8

Look through the non-fiction shelves in the library.  What subjects do you find at these numbers.

004 = computer = Data processing, computer science

796.3 = football

500 = Natural science and mathematics

821 = poetry

993.1 = NZ history

At what Dewey Decimal number would you find the following subjects:

Myths and Legends = 753

Fashion = 787

Inventions = 608

Birds = 598.2

Fairy tales = 398.21