Dewey Decimal System
It classifies nonfiction by subject. This topic is part of Libraries within Language. This page currently draws on 4 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
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Dewey Decimal System trivia questions
The Dewey Decimal System is used to organize what?
Answer: Library books
Bonus fact: It classifies nonfiction by subject.
Who created the Dewey Decimal System?
Answer: Melvil Dewey
Bonus fact: Melvil Dewey introduced the system in 1876.
In Dewey Decimal Classification, the 500s broadly cover what subject area?
Answer: Science
Bonus fact: The 500 class is Natural Sciences and Mathematics.
What system groups nonfiction books into numbered subject classes such as 500 for science?
Answer: Dewey Decimal System
Bonus fact: Melvil Dewey introduced the system in the 19th century.