What is the 6020th prime number?
The 6020th prime number is 59557. The next prime is 59561 (a gap of 4) and the one before is 59539.
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 6020th one is 59557.
- 2
59557 is prime because no prime up to ā59557 ā 244.04 divides it.
- 3
The primes are spread thinner as numbers grow: by the prime number theorem the 6020th prime is close to 6020 Ć ln(6020) ā 52391, and here it is 59557.
- 4
59557 has no twin: neither 59555 nor 59559 is prime.
Primes around the 6020th
| Position | Prime | Gap from the previous |
|---|---|---|
| 6017 | 59509 | 12 |
| 6018 | 59513 | 4 |
| 6019 | 59539 | 26 |
| 6020 | 59557 | 18 |
| 6021 | 59561 | 4 |
| 6022 | 59567 | 6 |
| 6023 | 59581 | 14 |
Questions
What is the 6020th prime number?
59557.
Which prime number is 59557?
59557 is the 6020th prime number.
What is the sum of the first 6020 primes?
169,637,699.