What is the 1556th prime number?
The 1556th prime number is 13063. The next prime is 13093 (a gap of 30) and the one before is 13049.
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 1556th one is 13063.
- 2
13063 is prime because no prime up to ā13063 ā 114.29 divides it.
- 3
The primes are spread thinner as numbers grow: by the prime number theorem the 1556th prime is close to 1556 Ć ln(1556) ā 11436, and here it is 13063.
- 4
13063 has no twin: neither 13061 nor 13065 is prime.
Primes around the 1556th
| Position | Prime | Gap from the previous |
|---|---|---|
| 1553 | 13037 | 4 |
| 1554 | 13043 | 6 |
| 1555 | 13049 | 6 |
| 1556 | 13063 | 14 |
| 1557 | 13093 | 30 |
| 1558 | 13099 | 6 |
| 1559 | 13103 | 4 |
Questions
What is the 1556th prime number?
13063.
Which prime number is 13063?
13063 is the 1556th prime number.
What is the sum of the first 1556 primes?
9,514,437.