What is the 6060th prime number?
The 6060th prime number is 60029. The next prime is 60037 (a gap of 8) and the one before is 60017.
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 6060th one is 60029.
- 2
60029 is prime because no prime up to ā60029 ā 245.01 divides it.
- 3
The primes are spread thinner as numbers grow: by the prime number theorem the 6060th prime is close to 6060 Ć ln(6060) ā 52779, and here it is 60029.
- 4
60029 has no twin: neither 60027 nor 60031 is prime.
Primes around the 6060th
| Position | Prime | Gap from the previous |
|---|---|---|
| 6057 | 59999 | 18 |
| 6058 | 60013 | 14 |
| 6059 | 60017 | 4 |
| 6060 | 60029 | 12 |
| 6061 | 60037 | 8 |
| 6062 | 60041 | 4 |
| 6063 | 60077 | 36 |
Questions
What is the 6060th prime number?
60029.
Which prime number is 60029?
60029 is the 6060th prime number.
What is the sum of the first 6060 primes?
172,028,797.