Solution - LC Call Numbers Sample Exercise

  DS                               DS                               DS                               DS
  4736                            893                              893                              893
  A85 __4__                  M61 __1__                  M65 __3__                 M6473 __2__

This is the correct order of call numbers for this sample exercise.  Confusion frequently comes from the bottom numbers.  It would be natural to think of M65 as coming before M6473.  Remember, however, that you are reading the number section as decimals and .6473 is a small number than .65.

Note that the decimal point does not appear in this solution.  Sometimes the decimal point is not listed but any letter/number combination after the first whole number is assumed to have a decimal regardless of whether it appears in the call number.