Akkangalude Charithram deals with the origin, science and magic of the decimal number system that originated in India Updated - September 23, 2016 12:13 am IST BALASANKAR A.

The octal number 40,000 corresponds to a decimal number of 16,384, and the DJIA closed at 16479.88 on December 26. The population of New York City, according to the 2010 census , was 8,175,133.

A decimal number is said to be normal when every sequence of possible digits is equally likely to appear in it, making the numbers look random even if they technically aren’t.