Question

One more than a given whole is called its __________

Answer 1

Hint: Take a whole number in your mind. Again take one more than the given value. Then try to find what these two numbers can be called.

Complete step by step solution:
We have to find what it is called, when we take one more than a given whole.
We have to have the knowledge of two terms to answer this question. The successor and predecessor of a number. We know that if we consider any whole number, then we will have another number before and after it. The number which comes before the whole number we consider is called its predecessor and the number which comes after the whole number we consider is called its successor.
We can take an example to understand it better. We will take the whole number to be 10.Now, the number just before 10 is 9. So, we will call 9 the predecessor of 10. Similarly, the number just after 10 is 11. So, we will call 11 the successor of 10.
From the above explanation of the concepts, we understand that - One more than a given whole is called its successor.
This is the required solution of the given question.

Note: It is important that students must remember that successive means one after the other. So, a whole number after one whole number would be a successor of the considered whole number. They must not confuse the term predecessor. Let us consider a different explanation by taking an example. If we have a whole number 5, then one more than the given whole is equal to 5+1=6. Hence, ‘5’ and ‘6’ are called two successive whole numbers as both are two consecutive numbers.