What is the 2472nd prime number?
The 2472nd prime number is 22063. The next prime is 22067 (a gap of 4) and the one before is 22051.
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 2472nd one is 22063.
- 2
22063 is prime because no prime up to ā22063 ā 148.54 divides it.
- 3
The primes are spread thinner as numbers grow: by the prime number theorem the 2472nd prime is close to 2472 Ć ln(2472) ā 19313, and here it is 22063.
- 4
22063 has no twin: neither 22061 nor 22065 is prime.
Primes around the 2472nd
| Position | Prime | Gap from the previous |
|---|---|---|
| 2469 | 22037 | 6 |
| 2470 | 22039 | 2 |
| 2471 | 22051 | 12 |
| 2472 | 22063 | 12 |
| 2473 | 22067 | 4 |
| 2474 | 22073 | 6 |
| 2475 | 22079 | 6 |
Questions
What is the 2472nd prime number?
22063.
Which prime number is 22063?
22063 is the 2472nd prime number.
What is the sum of the first 2472 primes?
25,589,829.