Numerical Filing System

What is Numerical Filing System?

• Filing of records through the use of dates.

• Filing records through the use of numbers

• Filing records through the use of alphabet

• Filing records geographically

What are the three (3) main types of numeric filing system?

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What order does the standard numerical filing system goes in?

An advantage of numerical filing

• Improve accuracy

• Complex and time consuming

• Confusing

• Improves consistency of records

What is numerical filing commonly used for?

• Purchase orders, checks

• Purchase order, multi national companies

• Checks, recording names

• Checks, geographical locations

What numerical filing system is this?

03-46-86, 06-70-86, 08-67-86

89-77-87, 90-65-87, 94-45-87

• Dewey order

• Numerical Filing system

• Consecutive classification

• Terminal Filing system

Disadvantage of numerical filing

• Complex and time consuming

• Unlimited expansion

• Unlimited cross-references

Write an example of numerical filing

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What is the Dewey order known for using

If you are supposed to file the number 900 in Dewey order, how would it be filed 5 times in a row?