diff --git a/TypeCobol/Compiler/CodeElements/Expressions/Expression.cs b/TypeCobol/Compiler/CodeElements/Expressions/Expression.cs
index 38ddc9551..c528bb13b 100644
--- a/TypeCobol/Compiler/CodeElements/Expressions/Expression.cs
+++ b/TypeCobol/Compiler/CodeElements/Expressions/Expression.cs
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 namespace TypeCobol.Compiler.CodeElements.Expressions
 {
     public class Expression { }
+    public class ArithmeticExpression : Expression { }
 
-    public class Addition : Expression
+    public class Addition : ArithmeticExpression
     {
         public Expression left { get; set; }
         public Expression right { get; set; }
@@ -29,13 +30,13 @@ public Identifier(Token token, bool rounded = false)
         }
         public override string ToString() { return token.Text; }
     }
-    public class Literal : Expression
+    public class Number : ArithmeticExpression
     {
-        public Token token { get; set; }
-        public Literal(Token token)
+        public SyntaxNumber number { get; set; }
+        public Number(SyntaxNumber number)
         {
-            this.token = token;
+            this.number = number;
         }
-        public override string ToString() { return token.Text; }
+        public override string ToString() { return number.ToString(); }
     }
 }
diff --git a/TypeCobol/Compiler/CodeElements/Expressions/SyntaxInteger.cs b/TypeCobol/Compiler/CodeElements/Expressions/SyntaxInteger.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index a0d7ddd1c..000000000
--- a/TypeCobol/Compiler/CodeElements/Expressions/SyntaxInteger.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using TypeCobol.Compiler.Scanner;
-
-namespace TypeCobol.Compiler.CodeElements
-{
-    /// <summary>
-    /// Integer value defined by a single Token in the Cobol syntax
-    /// </summary>
-    public class SyntaxInteger
-    {
-        public SyntaxInteger(Token token)
-        {
-            Token = token;
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Token defining the integer value
-        /// </summary>
-        public Token Token { get; private set; }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Integer value defined by the Token
-        /// </summary>
-        public long Value
-        {
-            get
-            {
-                if (Token.TokenType == TokenType.IntegerLiteral)
-                {
-                    return ((IntegerLiteralValue)Token.LiteralValue).Number;
-                }
-                else
-                {
-                    throw new InvalidOperationException("An integer value can not be defined by a token of type : " + Token.TokenType);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Debug string
-        /// </summary>
-        public override string ToString()
-        {
-            return Value.ToString();
-        }
-    }
-}
diff --git a/TypeCobol/Compiler/CodeElements/Expressions/SyntaxNumber.cs b/TypeCobol/Compiler/CodeElements/Expressions/SyntaxNumber.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0474df746
--- /dev/null
+++ b/TypeCobol/Compiler/CodeElements/Expressions/SyntaxNumber.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,130 @@
+using System;
+using TypeCobol.Compiler.Scanner;
+
+namespace TypeCobol.Compiler.CodeElements
+{
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Integer, Decimal or Floating Point value defined by a single Token in the Cobol syntax
+    /// </summary>
+    public class SyntaxNumber
+    {
+        public SyntaxNumber(Token token)
+        {
+            Token = token;
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Token defining the number value
+        /// </summary>
+        public Token Token { get; private set; }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Integer value defined by a single Token in the Cobol syntax
+    /// </summary>
+    public class SyntaxInteger : SyntaxNumber
+    {
+        public SyntaxInteger(Token token)
+            : base(token)
+        { }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Integer value defined by the Token
+        /// </summary>
+        public long Value
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                if (Token.TokenType == TokenType.IntegerLiteral)
+                {
+                    return ((IntegerLiteralValue)Token.LiteralValue).Number;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    throw new InvalidOperationException("An integer value can not be defined by a token of type : " + Token.TokenType);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Debug string
+        /// </summary>
+        public override string ToString()
+        {
+            return Value.ToString();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Decimal value defined by a single Token in the Cobol syntax
+    /// </summary>
+    public class SyntaxDecimal : SyntaxNumber
+    {
+        public SyntaxDecimal(Token token)
+            : base(token)
+        { }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Integer value defined by the Token
+        /// </summary>
+        public double Value
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                if (Token.TokenType == TokenType.DecimalLiteral)
+                {
+                    return ((DecimalLiteralValue)Token.LiteralValue).Number;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    throw new InvalidOperationException("A decimal value can not be defined by a token of type : " + Token.TokenType);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Debug string
+        /// </summary>
+        public override string ToString()
+        {
+            return Value.ToString();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Decimal value defined by a single Token in the Cobol syntax
+    /// </summary>
+    public class SyntaxFloat : SyntaxNumber
+    {
+        public SyntaxFloat(Token token)
+            : base(token)
+        { }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Integer value defined by the Token
+        /// </summary>
+        public double Value
+        {
+            get
+            {
+                if (Token.TokenType == TokenType.FloatingPointLiteral)
+                {
+                    return ((DecimalLiteralValue)Token.LiteralValue).Number;
+                }
+                else
+                {
+                    throw new InvalidOperationException("A floating point value can not be defined by a token of type : " + Token.TokenType);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Debug string
+        /// </summary>
+        public override string ToString()
+        {
+            return Value.ToString();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/TypeCobol/Compiler/Parser/CodeElementBuilder.cs b/TypeCobol/Compiler/Parser/CodeElementBuilder.cs
index 69c4fc38b..4f60f5025 100644
--- a/TypeCobol/Compiler/Parser/CodeElementBuilder.cs
+++ b/TypeCobol/Compiler/Parser/CodeElementBuilder.cs
@@ -429,6 +429,31 @@ public override void EnterAcceptStatement(CobolCodeElementsParser.AcceptStatemen
             CodeElement = new AcceptStatement();
         }
 
+
+        public SyntaxNumber createNumber(CobolCodeElementsParser.NumericLiteralContext context)
+        {
+            if (context.IntegerLiteral() != null)
+            {
+                Token token = ParseTreeUtils.GetTokenFromTerminalNode(context.IntegerLiteral());
+                return new SyntaxInteger(token);
+            }
+            if (context.DecimalLiteral() != null)
+            {
+                Token token = ParseTreeUtils.GetTokenFromTerminalNode(context.DecimalLiteral());
+                return new SyntaxDecimal(token);
+            }
+            if (context.FloatingPointLiteral() != null)
+            {
+                Token token = ParseTreeUtils.GetTokenFromTerminalNode(context.FloatingPointLiteral());
+                return new SyntaxFloat(token);
+            }
+            if (context.ZERO() != null || context.ZEROS() != null || context.ZEROES() != null)
+            {
+                throw new System.Exception("TODO!");
+            }
+            throw new System.Exception("This is not a number!");
+        }
+
         private Expression createLeftOperand(IReadOnlyList<CobolCodeElementsParser.IdentifierOrLiteralContext> operands)
         {
             Expression left = null;
@@ -441,7 +466,12 @@ private Expression createLeftOperand(IReadOnlyList<CobolCodeElementsParser.Ident
                 else
                 if (operand.literal() != null)
                 {
-                    tail = new Identifier(ParseTreeUtils.GetFirstToken(operand.literal()));
+                    SyntaxNumber number = null;
+                    if (operand.literal().numericLiteral() != null)
+                    {
+                        number = createNumber(operand.literal().numericLiteral());
+                        tail = new Number(number);
+                    }
                 }
                 if (tail == null) continue;
                 if (left == null)
diff --git a/TypeCobol/TypeCobol.csproj b/TypeCobol/TypeCobol.csproj
index 18c2edc56..aa571d03b 100644
--- a/TypeCobol/TypeCobol.csproj
+++ b/TypeCobol/TypeCobol.csproj
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Compiler\CodeElements\Entry\IOControlEntry.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Compiler\CodeElements\Expressions\Expression.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Compiler\CodeElements\Expressions\SyntaxBoolean.cs" />
-    <Compile Include="Compiler\CodeElements\Expressions\SyntaxInteger.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Compiler\CodeElements\Expressions\SyntaxNumber.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Compiler\CodeElements\Expressions\SyntaxProperty.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Compiler\CodeElements\Expressions\SyntaxString.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Compiler\CodeElements\Header\ConfigurationSectionHeader.cs" />
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Compiler\Generator\TypeCobolGenerator.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Compiler\Parser\CodeElementBuilder.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Compiler\Parser\CodeElementChangedEvent.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Compiler\Parser\LiteralFactory.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Compiler\Parser\ProgramClassBuilder.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Compiler\Parser\SyntaxDocument.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Compiler\Parser\TracingCobolParser.cs" />