WorksheetsDewey Decimal System QUIZZO
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
In 1878, a librarian by the name of Melvil Dewey created a number system to organize and classify books. He organized them by a number system of 000-999 to find books better...thank you Melvil!
What section would you find a book about manners, friendship, and citizenship in?
000-099 Generalities/Miscellaneous
100-199 Philosophy/Psychology
800-899 Literature
400-499 Language
What section would you find a book about World Wars I and II ?
700-799 Arts and Recreation
600-699 Technology
900-999 History/Geography
500-599 Science
Where would you find books of Shel Silverstein's funny poetry? Or some of William Shakespeare's historic plays?
200-299 Religion
500-599 Science
300-399 Social Sciences
800-899 Literature
Where would you find books on dinosaurs, rocks, minerals, plants and animals?
500-599 Science
100-199 Philosophy/Psychology
400-499 Language
000-099 Generalities/Miscellaneous
Where would a book be about origami, crafts, painting and drawing?
400-499 Languages
700-799 Art & Recreation
000-099 Generalities/Miscellaneous
800-899 Literature
What section would carry books about UFOs, Bigfoot, and the Loch Ness Monster?
100-199 Philosophy
800-899 Literature
000-099 Generalities/Miscellaneous
900-999 History/Geography
What section would feature mythology, like Zeus, Poseidon, Medusa (the snake-headed Gorgon), and stories like the Trojan Horse?
000-099 Generalities
700-799 Arts & Recreation
800-899 Literature
200-299 Religion
What section would have sports history, including informational books about hockey, baseball, basketball, camping, fishing, etc.
700-799 Arts & Recreation
900-999 History/Geography
000-099 Generalities
600-699 Technology
Where can you find a book about 3-D printers, Google and computer games and apps?
900-999 History/Geography
400-400 Language
600-699 Technology
300-399 Social Sciences
Where can you find books about the Titanic sinking? Or, Egyptian mummies, medieval knights and castles and all of the 50 states?
900-999 History/Geography
000-099 Generalities/Miscellaneous
100-199 Philosophy
800-899 Literature
If you wanted to learn about Spanish, French, German or Italian, which section would you search in?
700-799 Arts & Recreation
800-899 Literature
300-399 Social Sciences
400-499 Language
What section would you locate to find individual famous people, or groups of collective famous people?
Everybody
Fiction
Reference
Biography
