Why doesn't div start after previous div? - css

I'm modifying the header portion of a WordPress theme and I'm trying to nest a couple divs within another div. I'm not very experienced with HTML/CSS, but what I'm observing seems weird to me.
My code looks like this:
<div class="extras">
<div id="search">
<form role="search" method="get" id="searchform" action="http://mentatescholars.com/" >
<input type="search" placeholder="Search" value="" name="s" id="s" />
<input type="submit" id="searchsubmit" value="Search" />
</form>
</div><!-- end #search -->
<div class="phone-number">
<div class="phone-number-main">1-885-MENTATE</div>
<div class="phone-number-sub">1-885-636-8283</div>
</div>
</div>
And in the picture I have the phone-number div selected with Firefox's inspector (selecting extras looks the same). What strikes me as odd is why it's starting at the top of the extras div and not after the search div. search even has a set height of 40px.
If I select the third div, then the it shows the div starting right after the previous div.
What also strikes me as odd is how, while the top of the phone-number-main div is flush with extras, the text shifts down perfectly without me doing anything.
My question is this: How can I make it so that the phone-number div starts right after the search div?
Here's the site, if you want to look at it: http://mentatescholars.com/.

#search is floated and the .phone-number isn't.
If you add clear:both to the .phone-number <div /> you will see the correct layout.
float removes elements from the flow of the document. Check uot this link for more info: http://www.alistapart.com/articles/css-floats-101/

that is because you have floated element. your "search" div is floated and has no clear. Use clear:both in the CSS of the phone-number element and it will work fine
And if you want the number to be right after search make the height of search 30px and get rid of the submit button's margin bottom.

make #search block smaller by reducing height, lets say to 30px.

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