Every whole number is the successor of another whole number.
Step 1: What are whole numbers?
Whole numbers are: (0, 1, 2, 3, ldots)
Step 2: What does “successor” mean?
The successor of a number is the next number after it.
If a number is (n), its successor is (n + 1).
Step 3: Is every whole number a successor?
Look at the smallest whole number: (0).
If (0) were a successor of some whole number (k), then we would need:
(k + 1 = 0).
Solving this gives:
(k = -1).
Step 4: But (-1) is not a whole number.
So, there is no whole number whose successor is (0).
Conclusion:
Since (0) is not the successor of any whole number, the statement is false.