The reason why there are a lot of numbers between 0 and 1 is because there are fractions. Fractions like 1/2 or 3/4. Imagine a ruler. In a ruler, there's always that 0 measurement at the beginning, and if we count the little lines between 0 and 1, we see 1/8, 2/8, 1/2, 3/4, and even 1/16. Simple right? I think it's the same between all the over numbers too. We have mixed fractions like 1 2/3, and possibly even 156 3/4. The whole number would be the first number, like in 5 6/8, the whole number would be 5. Fractions like those are called mixed fractions. 
             Another possible way is because of decimals. Like 0.9 or 2.3. We have negatives too. Like -4.0 or -1/6, and so on. There's probably a lot of reasons why actually. I know that there's decimals, and fractions, but maybe I should check the number line to make sure. Math can be pretty confusing, but it can be fun too!



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