Question

Write the predecessor of the following numbers: 500

Answer 1

Hint: Predecessor means the number which comes before the number which is written after it or which comes before the given number.
We will use the above given definition of the predecessor in order to find the predecessor of 500.

Complete step-by-step solution:
Let's discuss Predecessor in more details before performing the calculation.
The number that comes just before the given number is called predecessor. So the predecessor of a given number is 1 less than the given number.
We will discuss the method of finding a predecessor.
The predecessor of 1 is 0; predecessor of 2 is 1 and of 3 is 2 and the process will go on likewise., The whole number 0 does not have any predecessor. Thus we observe that every whole number, other than zero, has its predecessor.
Now, we will do the calculation part.
As per the definition of the predecessor, the number is less than 1.
Therefore we can write as;
$ \Rightarrow 500 - 1 = 499$

We obtain 499 as the predecessor of 500 which is one less than 500.

Note: Like its predecessor we have a successor too, successor of a whole number is the number obtained by adding 1 to it. Successor of 0 is 1, successor of 1 is 2, successor of 2 is 3 and so on.