diff --git a/test/array.cpp b/test/array.cpp
index ea397388d..8b4652561 100644
--- a/test/array.cpp
+++ b/test/array.cpp
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ template<typename MatrixType> void array(const MatrixType& m)
 template<typename MatrixType> void comparisons(const MatrixType& m)
 {
   typedef typename MatrixType::Scalar Scalar;
+  typedef typename NumTraits<Scalar>::Real RealScalar;
   typedef Matrix<Scalar, MatrixType::RowsAtCompileTime, 1> VectorType;
 
   int rows = m.rows();
@@ -113,9 +114,9 @@ template<typename MatrixType> void comparisons(const MatrixType& m)
   VERIFY_IS_APPROX( (m1.cwise().abs().cwise()<mid).select(0,m1), m3);
   
   // count
-  VERIFY(((m1.cwise().abs().cwise()+1).cwise()>0.5).count() == rows*cols);
-  VERIFY_IS_APPROX(((m1.cwise().abs().cwise()+1).cwise()>0.5).colwise().count(), RowVectorXi::Constant(cols,rows));
-  VERIFY_IS_APPROX(((m1.cwise().abs().cwise()+1).cwise()>0.5).rowwise().count(), VectorXi::Constant(rows, cols));
+  VERIFY(((m1.cwise().abs().cwise()+1).cwise()>RealScalar(0.1)).count() == rows*cols);
+  VERIFY_IS_APPROX(((m1.cwise().abs().cwise()+1).cwise()>RealScalar(0.1)).colwise().count(), RowVectorXi::Constant(cols,rows));
+  VERIFY_IS_APPROX(((m1.cwise().abs().cwise()+1).cwise()>RealScalar(0.1)).rowwise().count(), VectorXi::Constant(rows, cols));
 }
 
 template<typename VectorType> void lpNorm(const VectorType& v)
diff --git a/test/cwiseop.cpp b/test/cwiseop.cpp
index 3d98845b1..1987f7482 100644
--- a/test/cwiseop.cpp
+++ b/test/cwiseop.cpp
@@ -106,10 +106,10 @@ template<typename MatrixType> void cwiseops(const MatrixType& m)
     VERIFY_IS_APPROX(m1.cwise().abs().cwise().log().cwise().exp() , m1.cwise().abs());
 
     VERIFY_IS_APPROX(m1.cwise().pow(2), m1.cwise().square());
-    m3 = (m1.cwise().abs().cwise()<0.01).select(mones,m1);
+    m3 = (m1.cwise().abs().cwise()<=RealScalar(0.01)).select(mones,m1);
     VERIFY_IS_APPROX(m3.cwise().pow(-1), m3.cwise().inverse());
     m3 = m1.cwise().abs();
-    VERIFY_IS_APPROX(m3.cwise().pow(0.5), m3.cwise().sqrt());
+    VERIFY_IS_APPROX(m3.cwise().pow(RealScalar(0.5)), m3.cwise().sqrt());
     
 //     VERIFY_IS_APPROX(m1.cwise().tan(), m1.cwise().sin().cwise() / m1.cwise().cos());
     VERIFY_IS_APPROX(mones, m1.cwise().sin().cwise().square() + m1.cwise().cos().cwise().square());