diff --git a/app/models/repository_number_value.rb b/app/models/repository_number_value.rb
index c5f8393d4..da8681af8 100644
--- a/app/models/repository_number_value.rb
+++ b/app/models/repository_number_value.rb
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ class RepositoryNumberValue < ApplicationRecord
   end
 
   def data_changed?(new_data)
-    BigDecimal(new_data) != data
+    BigDecimal(new_data.to_s) != data
   end
 
   def update_data!(new_data, user)
-    self.data = BigDecimal(new_data)
+    self.data = BigDecimal(new_data.to_s)
     self.last_modified_by = user
     save!
   end
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ class RepositoryNumberValue < ApplicationRecord
 
   def self.new_with_payload(payload, attributes)
     value = new(attributes)
-    value.data = BigDecimal(payload)
+    value.data = BigDecimal(payload.to_s)
     value
   end
 
   def self.import_from_text(text, attributes, _options = {})
-    new(attributes.merge(data: BigDecimal(text)))
+    new(attributes.merge(data: BigDecimal(text.to_s)))
   rescue ArgumentError
     nil
   end
diff --git a/spec/factories/repository_number_values.rb b/spec/factories/repository_number_values.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c1857c89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/factories/repository_number_values.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+FactoryBot.define do
+  factory :repository_number_value do
+    created_by { create :user }
+    last_modified_by { created_by }
+    data { Faker::Number.decimal(l_digits: 4, r_digits: 4) }
+    after(:build) do |repository_number_value|
+      repository_number_value.repository_cell ||= build(:repository_cell,
+                                                        :number_value,
+                                                        repository_number_value: repository_number_value)
+      repository_number_value.repository_cell.value = repository_number_value
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/spec/requests/api/v1/inventory_cells_controller_spec.rb b/spec/requests/api/v1/inventory_cells_controller_spec.rb
index 85c0d663a..31043a9ff 100644
--- a/spec/requests/api/v1/inventory_cells_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/api/v1/inventory_cells_controller_spec.rb
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ RSpec.describe 'Api::V1::InventoryCellsController', type: :request do
     @time_range_column = create(:repository_column, repository: @valid_inventory, data_type: :RepositoryTimeRangeValue)
     @date_time_range_column = create(:repository_column,
                                      repository: @valid_inventory, data_type: :RepositoryDateTimeRangeValue)
+    @number_column = create(:repository_column, repository: @valid_inventory, data_type: :RepositoryNumberValue)
 
     @valid_item = create(:repository_row, repository: @valid_inventory)
 
@@ -76,6 +77,9 @@ RSpec.describe 'Api::V1::InventoryCellsController', type: :request do
            start_time: DateTime.now,
            end_time: DateTime.now + 1.day,
            repository_cell_attributes: { repository_row: @valid_item, repository_column: @date_time_range_column })
+    create(:repository_number_value,
+           data: 1234.5678,
+           repository_cell_attributes: { repository_row: @valid_item, repository_column: @number_column })
 
     @valid_headers =
       { 'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + generate_token(@user.id),
@@ -192,6 +196,24 @@ RSpec.describe 'Api::V1::InventoryCellsController', type: :request do
         }
       }
     }
+    @valid_number_body = {
+      data: {
+        type: 'inventory_cells',
+        attributes: {
+          column_id: @number_column.id,
+          value: 1234.5678
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    @valid_number_as_text_body = {
+      data: {
+        type: 'inventory_cells',
+        attributes: {
+          column_id: @number_column.id,
+          value: '1234.5678'
+        }
+      }
+    }
     @update_text_body = {
       data: {
         id: @valid_item.repository_cells.where(repository_column: @text_column).first.id,
@@ -314,6 +336,26 @@ RSpec.describe 'Api::V1::InventoryCellsController', type: :request do
         }
       }
     }
+    @update_number_body = {
+      data: {
+        id: @valid_item.repository_cells.where(repository_column: @number_column).first.id,
+        type: 'inventory_cells',
+        attributes: {
+          column_id: @number_column.id,
+          value: 8765.4321
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    @update_number_as_text_body = {
+      data: {
+        id: @valid_item.repository_cells.where(repository_column: @number_column).first.id,
+        type: 'inventory_cells',
+        attributes: {
+          column_id: @number_column.id,
+          value: '8765.4321'
+        }
+      }
+    }
   end
 
   describe 'GET inventory_cells, #index' do
@@ -603,6 +645,42 @@ RSpec.describe 'Api::V1::InventoryCellsController', type: :request do
       )
     end
 
+    it 'Response with correct inventory cell, number cell' do
+      hash_body = nil
+      empty_item = create(:repository_row, repository: @valid_inventory)
+      post api_v1_team_inventory_item_cells_path(
+        team_id: @team.id,
+        inventory_id: @valid_inventory.id,
+        item_id: empty_item.id
+      ), params: @valid_number_body.to_json, headers: @valid_headers
+      expect(response).to have_http_status 201
+      expect { hash_body = json }.not_to raise_exception
+      expect(hash_body[:data]).to match(
+        ActiveModelSerializers::SerializableResource
+          .new(RepositoryCell.last,
+               serializer: Api::V1::InventoryCellSerializer)
+          .as_json[:data]
+      )
+    end
+
+    it 'Response with correct inventory cell, text number cell' do
+      hash_body = nil
+      empty_item = create(:repository_row, repository: @valid_inventory)
+      post api_v1_team_inventory_item_cells_path(
+        team_id: @team.id,
+        inventory_id: @valid_inventory.id,
+        item_id: empty_item.id
+      ), params: @valid_number_as_text_body.to_json, headers: @valid_headers
+      expect(response).to have_http_status 201
+      expect { hash_body = json }.not_to raise_exception
+      expect(hash_body[:data]).to match(
+        ActiveModelSerializers::SerializableResource
+          .new(RepositoryCell.last,
+               serializer: Api::V1::InventoryCellSerializer)
+          .as_json[:data]
+      )
+    end
+
     it 'When invalid request, payload mismatches column type' do
       hash_body = nil
       invalid_file_body = @valid_file_body.dup
@@ -855,6 +933,42 @@ RSpec.describe 'Api::V1::InventoryCellsController', type: :request do
       )
     end
 
+    it 'Response with correct inventory cell, number cell' do
+      hash_body = nil
+      patch api_v1_team_inventory_item_cell_path(
+        team_id: @team.id,
+        inventory_id: @valid_inventory.id,
+        item_id: @valid_item.id,
+        id: @valid_item.repository_cells.where(repository_column: @number_column).first.id
+      ), params: @update_number_body.to_json, headers: @valid_headers
+      expect(response).to have_http_status 200
+      expect { hash_body = json }.not_to raise_exception
+      expect(hash_body[:data]).to match(
+        ActiveModelSerializers::SerializableResource
+          .new(@valid_item.repository_cells.where(repository_column: @number_column).first,
+               serializer: Api::V1::InventoryCellSerializer)
+          .as_json[:data]
+      )
+    end
+
+    it 'Response with correct inventory cell, text number cell' do
+      hash_body = nil
+      patch api_v1_team_inventory_item_cell_path(
+        team_id: @team.id,
+        inventory_id: @valid_inventory.id,
+        item_id: @valid_item.id,
+        id: @valid_item.repository_cells.where(repository_column: @number_column).first.id
+      ), params: @update_number_as_text_body.to_json, headers: @valid_headers
+      expect(response).to have_http_status 200
+      expect { hash_body = json }.not_to raise_exception
+      expect(hash_body[:data]).to match(
+        ActiveModelSerializers::SerializableResource
+          .new(@valid_item.repository_cells.where(repository_column: @number_column).first,
+               serializer: Api::V1::InventoryCellSerializer)
+          .as_json[:data]
+      )
+    end
+
     it 'When invalid request, payload mismatches column type' do
       hash_body = nil
       invalid_file_body = @valid_file_body.dup