diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/formula/NumberPtg.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/formula/NumberPtg.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d20d90d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/formula/NumberPtg.java
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+/* ====================================================================
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+
+package org.apache.poi.hssf.record.formula;
+
+import org.apache.poi.util.LittleEndian;
+
+/**
+ * Integer (short intger)
+ * Stores a (java) short value in a formula
+ * @author  Avik Sengupta
+ */
+
+public class NumberPtg
+    extends Ptg
+{
+    public final static int  SIZE = 9;
+    public final static byte sid  = 0x1f;
+    private double            field_1_value;
+
+    /** Creates new NumberPtg */
+
+    public NumberPtg()
+    {
+    }
+
+    public NumberPtg(byte [] data, int offset)
+    {
+        setValue(LittleEndian.getDouble(data, offset + 1));
+    }
+    
+    protected NumberPtg(String value) {
+        setValue(Double.parseDouble(value));
+    }
+    public void setValue(double value)
+    {
+        field_1_value = value;
+    }
+
+    public double getValue()
+    {
+        return field_1_value;
+    }
+
+    public void writeBytes(byte [] array, int offset)
+    {
+        array[ offset + 0 ] = sid;
+        LittleEndian.putDouble(array, offset + 1, getValue());
+    }
+
+    public int getSize()
+    {
+        return SIZE;
+    }
+
+    public String toFormulaString()
+    {
+        return "" + getValue();
+    }
+    
+    
+    //TODO: do we really need this method??    
+    public int getStringLength() {
+        return 1;
+    }    
+}
+
diff --git a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/formula/Ptg.java b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/formula/Ptg.java
index 1c73c3553..202efbb2d 100644
--- a/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/formula/Ptg.java
+++ b/src/java/org/apache/poi/hssf/record/formula/Ptg.java
@@ -71,16 +71,16 @@ import java.util.ArrayList;
 public abstract class Ptg
 {
 
-    /** Creates new Ptg */
-    
-    public Ptg()
-    {
-    }
-    
+        
     /** convert infix order ptg list to rpn order ptg list
      * @return List ptgs in RPN order
      * @param infixPtgs List of ptgs in infix order
      */
+    
+    /* DO NOI REMOVE
+     *we keep this method in case we wish to change the way we parse
+     *It needs a getPrecedence in OperationsPtg
+    
     public static List ptgsToRpn(List infixPtgs) {
         java.util.Stack operands = new java.util.Stack();
         java.util.List retval = new java.util.Stack();
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public abstract class Ptg
         }
         return retval;
     }
-    
+    */
 
     
     
@@ -243,6 +243,13 @@ public abstract class Ptg
                 retval = new FunctionPtg(data, offset);
                 break;
   */              
+                
+             case NumberPtg.sid :
+                retval = new NumberPtg(data, offset);
+             break;
+
+
+                
 
             case NamePtg.sid :
                 retval = new NamePtg(data, offset);
@@ -284,18 +291,7 @@ public abstract class Ptg
     public abstract void writeBytes(byte [] array, int offset);
 
     public abstract String toFormulaString();
-    
-    /**
-     * Ptg's should override this
-     */
-//    public boolean isNextStringToken(String formula, int pos) {
-//        return false;
-//    }
-    
-    public int getPrecedence() {
-        return 100;
-    }
-    
+       
     public int getStringLength() {
         return 0;
     }