What is the 6059th prime number?
The 6059th prime number is 60017. The next prime is 60029 (a gap of 12) and the one before is 60013.
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 6059th one is 60017.
- 2
60017 is prime because no prime up to ā60017 ā 244.98 divides it.
- 3
The primes are spread thinner as numbers grow: by the prime number theorem the 6059th prime is close to 6059 Ć ln(6059) ā 52770, and here it is 60017.
- 4
60017 has no twin: neither 60015 nor 60019 is prime.
Primes around the 6059th
| Position | Prime | Gap from the previous |
|---|---|---|
| 6056 | 59981 | 10 |
| 6057 | 59999 | 18 |
| 6058 | 60013 | 14 |
| 6059 | 60017 | 4 |
| 6060 | 60029 | 12 |
| 6061 | 60037 | 8 |
| 6062 | 60041 | 4 |
Questions
What is the 6059th prime number?
60017.
Which prime number is 60017?
60017 is the 6059th prime number.
What is the sum of the first 6059 primes?
171,968,768.