What is the 1429th prime number?
The 1429th prime number is 11927. The next prime is 11933 (a gap of 6) and the one before is 11923.
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 1429th one is 11927.
- 2
11927 is prime because no prime up to ā11927 ā 109.21 divides it.
- 3
The primes are spread thinner as numbers grow: by the prime number theorem the 1429th prime is close to 1429 Ć ln(1429) ā 10381, and here it is 11927.
- 4
11927 has no twin: neither 11925 nor 11929 is prime.
Primes around the 1429th
| Position | Prime | Gap from the previous |
|---|---|---|
| 1426 | 11903 | 6 |
| 1427 | 11909 | 6 |
| 1428 | 11923 | 14 |
| 1429 | 11927 | 4 |
| 1430 | 11933 | 6 |
| 1431 | 11939 | 6 |
| 1432 | 11941 | 2 |
Questions
What is the 1429th prime number?
11927.
Which prime number is 11927?
11927 is the 1429th prime number.
What is the sum of the first 1429 primes?
7,926,802.