– 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

I thought the simplest way to say it is

if you can’t find a number between two numbers then they are the same number, and 0.000…0001 isn’t a real number because you can’t have infinite zeros but also end at a 1