What is the 5499th prime number?
The 5499th prime number is 53987. The next prime is 53993 (a gap of 6) and the one before is 53959.
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 5499th one is 53987.
- 2
53987 is prime because no prime up to ā53987 ā 232.35 divides it.
- 3
The primes are spread thinner as numbers grow: by the prime number theorem the 5499th prime is close to 5499 Ć ln(5499) ā 47359, and here it is 53987.
- 4
53987 has no twin: neither 53985 nor 53989 is prime.
Primes around the 5499th
| Position | Prime | Gap from the previous |
|---|---|---|
| 5496 | 53939 | 12 |
| 5497 | 53951 | 12 |
| 5498 | 53959 | 8 |
| 5499 | 53987 | 28 |
| 5500 | 53993 | 6 |
| 5501 | 54001 | 8 |
| 5502 | 54011 | 10 |
Questions
What is the 5499th prime number?
53987.
Which prime number is 53987?
53987 is the 5499th prime number.
What is the sum of the first 5499 primes?
140,044,964.