What is the 1359th prime number?
The 1359th prime number is 11243. The next prime is 11251 (a gap of 8) and the one before is 11239.
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 1359th one is 11243.
- 2
11243 is prime because no prime up to ā11243 ā 106.03 divides it.
- 3
The primes are spread thinner as numbers grow: by the prime number theorem the 1359th prime is close to 1359 Ć ln(1359) ā 9805, and here it is 11243.
- 4
11243 has no twin: neither 11241 nor 11245 is prime.
Primes around the 1359th
| Position | Prime | Gap from the previous |
|---|---|---|
| 1356 | 11197 | 20 |
| 1357 | 11213 | 16 |
| 1358 | 11239 | 26 |
| 1359 | 11243 | 4 |
| 1360 | 11251 | 8 |
| 1361 | 11257 | 6 |
| 1362 | 11261 | 4 |
Questions
What is the 1359th prime number?
11243.
Which prime number is 11243?
11243 is the 1359th prime number.
What is the sum of the first 1359 primes?
7,115,544.