What is the 6015th prime number?
The 6015th prime number is 59473. The next prime is 59497 (a gap of 24) and the one before is 59471.
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 6015th one is 59473.
- 2
59473 is prime because no prime up to ā59473 ā 243.87 divides it.
- 3
The primes are spread thinner as numbers grow: by the prime number theorem the 6015th prime is close to 6015 Ć ln(6015) ā 52343, and here it is 59473.
- 4
59473 is a twin prime: 59471 and 59473 are both prime.
Primes around the 6015th
| Position | Prime | Gap from the previous |
|---|---|---|
| 6012 | 59453 | 6 |
| 6013 | 59467 | 14 |
| 6014 | 59471 | 4 |
| 6015 | 59473 | 2 |
| 6016 | 59497 | 24 |
| 6017 | 59509 | 12 |
| 6018 | 59513 | 4 |
Questions
What is the 6015th prime number?
59473.
Which prime number is 59473?
59473 is the 6015th prime number.
What is the sum of the first 6015 primes?
169,340,084.