Question

The predecessor of the smallest $5$ digit number is ______

Answer 1

Finding the predecessor of the smallest $5$ digit number:

Predecessor: The predecessor of a number is a number that's one lesser than the given number.

Therefore, to find the predecessor of any value we have to subtract $1$ from the given value.

The smallest five-digit number $=10000$

The Predecessor of the smallest 5-digit number $10000$ is

$\Rightarrow 10000-1=9999$

Hence, The predecessor of the smallest $5$ digit number is $9999$