What is the 6272nd prime number?
The 6272nd prime number is 62473. The next prime is 62477 (a gap of 4) and the one before is 62467.
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 6272nd one is 62473.
- 2
62473 is prime because no prime up to ā62473 ā 249.95 divides it.
- 3
The primes are spread thinner as numbers grow: by the prime number theorem the 6272nd prime is close to 6272 Ć ln(6272) ā 54841, and here it is 62473.
- 4
62473 has no twin: neither 62471 nor 62475 is prime.
Primes around the 6272nd
| Position | Prime | Gap from the previous |
|---|---|---|
| 6269 | 62423 | 6 |
| 6270 | 62459 | 36 |
| 6271 | 62467 | 8 |
| 6272 | 62473 | 6 |
| 6273 | 62477 | 4 |
| 6274 | 62483 | 6 |
| 6275 | 62497 | 14 |
Questions
What is the 6272nd prime number?
62473.
Which prime number is 62473?
62473 is the 6272nd prime number.
What is the sum of the first 6272 primes?
185,012,865.