What is the 5060th prime number?
The 5060th prime number is 49211. The next prime is 49223 (a gap of 12) and the one before is 49207.
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 5060th one is 49211.
- 2
49211 is prime because no prime up to ā49211 ā 221.84 divides it.
- 3
The primes are spread thinner as numbers grow: by the prime number theorem the 5060th prime is close to 5060 Ć ln(5060) ā 43157, and here it is 49211.
- 4
49211 has no twin: neither 49209 nor 49213 is prime.
Primes around the 5060th
| Position | Prime | Gap from the previous |
|---|---|---|
| 5057 | 49199 | 6 |
| 5058 | 49201 | 2 |
| 5059 | 49207 | 6 |
| 5060 | 49211 | 4 |
| 5061 | 49223 | 12 |
| 5062 | 49253 | 30 |
| 5063 | 49261 | 8 |
Questions
What is the 5060th prime number?
49211.
Which prime number is 49211?
49211 is the 5060th prime number.
What is the sum of the first 5060 primes?
117,391,017.