– why is 0.999… equal to 1?

Question

I know the Arithmetic proof and everything but how to explain this practically to a kid who just started understanding the numbers?

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Answer 1

Maybe more like explaining like you are 9, but I’d go with this:
Pick any number that you want. Is that number less than 1? Then it is easy to show that it is also less than 0.999……. The same is true if the number you choose is greater than 1. If both of those things are true then 1 and 0.999999…. have to be equal.