What is the 6988th prime number?
The 6988th prime number is 70529. The next prime is 70537 (a gap of 8) and the one before is 70507.
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 6988th one is 70529.
- 2
70529 is prime because no prime up to ā70529 ā 265.57 divides it.
- 3
The primes are spread thinner as numbers grow: by the prime number theorem the 6988th prime is close to 6988 Ć ln(6988) ā 61857, and here it is 70529.
- 4
70529 has no twin: neither 70527 nor 70531 is prime.
Primes around the 6988th
| Position | Prime | Gap from the previous |
|---|---|---|
| 6985 | 70489 | 2 |
| 6986 | 70501 | 12 |
| 6987 | 70507 | 6 |
| 6988 | 70529 | 22 |
| 6989 | 70537 | 8 |
| 6990 | 70549 | 12 |
| 6991 | 70571 | 22 |
Questions
What is the 6988th prime number?
70529.
Which prime number is 70529?
70529 is the 6988th prime number.
What is the sum of the first 6988 primes?
232,613,901.