What is the 1060th prime number?
The 1060th prime number is 8501. The next prime is 8513 (a gap of 12) and the one before is 8467.
Position
Pick any whole number from 1 to 10,000.
How to work it out
- 1
List the primes in order: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, ā¦ The 1060th one is 8501.
- 2
8501 is prime because no prime up to ā8501 ā 92.20 divides it.
- 3
The primes are spread thinner as numbers grow: by the prime number theorem the 1060th prime is close to 1060 Ć ln(1060) ā 7384, and here it is 8501.
- 4
8501 has no twin: neither 8499 nor 8503 is prime.
Primes around the 1060th
| Position | Prime | Gap from the previous |
|---|---|---|
| 1057 | 8447 | 4 |
| 1058 | 8461 | 14 |
| 1059 | 8467 | 6 |
| 1060 | 8501 | 34 |
| 1061 | 8513 | 12 |
| 1062 | 8521 | 8 |
| 1063 | 8527 | 6 |
Questions
What is the 1060th prime number?
8501.
Which prime number is 8501?
8501 is the 1060th prime number.
What is the sum of the first 1060 primes?
4,175,423.