What is the 1224th prime number?
The 1224th prime number is 9929. The next prime is 9931 (a gap of 2) and the one before is 9923.
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 1224th one is 9929.
- 2
9929 is prime because no prime up to ā9929 ā 99.64 divides it.
- 3
The primes are spread thinner as numbers grow: by the prime number theorem the 1224th prime is close to 1224 Ć ln(1224) ā 8702, and here it is 9929.
- 4
9929 is a twin prime: 9929 and 9931 are both prime.
Primes around the 1224th
| Position | Prime | Gap from the previous |
|---|---|---|
| 1221 | 9901 | 14 |
| 1222 | 9907 | 6 |
| 1223 | 9923 | 16 |
| 1224 | 9929 | 6 |
| 1225 | 9931 | 2 |
| 1226 | 9941 | 10 |
| 1227 | 9949 | 8 |
Questions
What is the 1224th prime number?
9929.
Which prime number is 9929?
9929 is the 1224th prime number.
What is the sum of the first 1224 primes?
5,686,635.