What is the 4985th prime number?
The 4985th prime number is 48473. The next prime is 48479 (a gap of 6) and the one before is 48463.
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 4985th one is 48473.
- 2
48473 is prime because no prime up to ā48473 ā 220.17 divides it.
- 3
The primes are spread thinner as numbers grow: by the prime number theorem the 4985th prime is close to 4985 Ć ln(4985) ā 42443, and here it is 48473.
- 4
48473 has no twin: neither 48471 nor 48475 is prime.
Primes around the 4985th
| Position | Prime | Gap from the previous |
|---|---|---|
| 4982 | 48437 | 24 |
| 4983 | 48449 | 12 |
| 4984 | 48463 | 14 |
| 4985 | 48473 | 10 |
| 4986 | 48479 | 6 |
| 4987 | 48481 | 2 |
| 4988 | 48487 | 6 |
Questions
What is the 4985th prime number?
48473.
Which prime number is 48473?
48473 is the 4985th prime number.
What is the sum of the first 4985 primes?
113,727,234.