What is the 6660th prime number?
The 6660th prime number is 66841. The next prime is 66851 (a gap of 10) and the one before is 66821.
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 6660th one is 66841.
- 2
66841 is prime because no prime up to ā66841 ā 258.54 divides it.
- 3
The primes are spread thinner as numbers grow: by the prime number theorem the 6660th prime is close to 6660 Ć ln(6660) ā 58634, and here it is 66841.
- 4
66841 has no twin: neither 66839 nor 66843 is prime.
Primes around the 6660th
| Position | Prime | Gap from the previous |
|---|---|---|
| 6657 | 66797 | 6 |
| 6658 | 66809 | 12 |
| 6659 | 66821 | 12 |
| 6660 | 66841 | 20 |
| 6661 | 66851 | 10 |
| 6662 | 66853 | 2 |
| 6663 | 66863 | 10 |
Questions
What is the 6660th prime number?
66841.
Which prime number is 66841?
66841 is the 6660th prime number.
What is the sum of the first 6660 primes?
210,093,693.