What is the 8979th prime number?
The 8979th prime number is 92941. The next prime is 92951 (a gap of 10) and the one before is 92927.
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 8979th one is 92941.
- 2
92941 is prime because no prime up to ā92941 ā 304.86 divides it.
- 3
The primes are spread thinner as numbers grow: by the prime number theorem the 8979th prime is close to 8979 Ć ln(8979) ā 81733, and here it is 92941.
- 4
92941 has no twin: neither 92939 nor 92943 is prime.
Primes around the 8979th
| Position | Prime | Gap from the previous |
|---|---|---|
| 8976 | 92899 | 6 |
| 8977 | 92921 | 22 |
| 8978 | 92927 | 6 |
| 8979 | 92941 | 14 |
| 8980 | 92951 | 10 |
| 8981 | 92957 | 6 |
| 8982 | 92959 | 2 |
Questions
What is the 8979th prime number?
92941.
Which prime number is 92941?
92941 is the 8979th prime number.
What is the sum of the first 8979 primes?
395,264,850.