The terms successor and predecessor in Maths signify terms that are directly after or before a particular number, respectively. Furthermore, this applies only to whole numbers.Predecessor refers to the previous term of a particular term while the successor refers to the next term of a particular term.
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What is successor and predecessor with example?
The predecessor of a given number can be found by subtracting 1 to the given number. For example, the predecessor of 1 is 0, the successor of 2 is 1 , the successor of 3 is 2 etc. The only whole number i.e. 0 does not have any predecessor. We can observe every whole number except 0 has its predecessor.
What is the predecessor of 6?
The predecessor of -6 is -5.
What is the predecessor of 17?
Predecessor and successor
The number 16 comes before 17, we say that the predecessor of 17 is 17–1=16, the predecessor of 20 is 20 – 1 = 19, and so on.
What is the predecessor of 9?
Example : Find the before number of 9 . Say 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 so before 9 we said 8 so 8 is the predecessor of 9.
What is the predecessor of 800?
The predecessor of 800 is 799.
What is the predecessor of 15?
14
Example: predecessor of 15 is 15 – 1 = 14.
What is the predecessor of 2?
The number which comes just before a particular number is called its predecessor. The predecessor of a whole number is one less than the given number. How to find the predecessor of a number? Clearly, the predecessor of 1 is 0; predecessor of 2 is 1; predecessor of 3 is 2 and so on.
What is the predecessor of 7?
Predecessor of -7 is -6 .
What is the predecessor of 560?
(29-1=28). Predecessor of number 560 is 559 as the number before 560 is 559.
What is the predecessor of 399?
400
(b) 400 is the predecessor of 399.
What is the successor of 89?
The successor of −89 is −88.
What is the successor of 187?
(viii) The successor of -187 is -188.
What is the predecessor of − 10?
In Mathematics, a successor is a number that comes after the given numbers whereas a predecessor is a number that comes before the given numbers. For example, the successor of 10 is 11 whereas the predecessor of 10 is 9.
What is the successor of 24?
successor of 24 is 25, of 40 is 41 and of 701 is 702.
What is the predecessor of 14?
The predecessor of -14 is -13.
What is the predecessor of 94?
93
Hence, the predecessor of 94 is 93.
What is the predecessor of 99?
98
The predecessor of 99 is 98. The predecessor of any integer is given by (n-1), where ‘n’ is an integer. Therefore, the predecessor of 99 = 99 – 1 = 98.
What is the successor of 2001?
Successor
| Number | Successor |
|---|---|
| 0 | 1 |
| 98 | 99 |
| 2000 | 2001 |
What is the successor of 18?
-17
So we get a successor of -18 is -17.
What is the successor of 700?
The successor of 700 is = 700 + 1 = 701.