What is the 2855th prime number?
The 2855th prime number is 25943. The next prime is 25951 (a gap of 8) and the one before is 25939.
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 2855th one is 25943.
- 2
25943 is prime because no prime up to ā25943 ā 161.07 divides it.
- 3
The primes are spread thinner as numbers grow: by the prime number theorem the 2855th prime is close to 2855 Ć ln(2855) ā 22717, and here it is 25943.
- 4
25943 has no twin: neither 25941 nor 25945 is prime.
Primes around the 2855th
| Position | Prime | Gap from the previous |
|---|---|---|
| 2852 | 25931 | 12 |
| 2853 | 25933 | 2 |
| 2854 | 25939 | 6 |
| 2855 | 25943 | 4 |
| 2856 | 25951 | 8 |
| 2857 | 25969 | 18 |
| 2858 | 25981 | 12 |
Questions
What is the 2855th prime number?
25943.
Which prime number is 25943?
25943 is the 2855th prime number.
What is the sum of the first 2855 primes?
34,775,988.