diff --git a/src/main/java/org/json/JSONTokener.java b/src/main/java/org/json/JSONTokener.java
index acb9c8878..b4c5d1b44 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/json/JSONTokener.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/json/JSONTokener.java
@@ -522,10 +522,10 @@ private Object parsedUnquotedText(char c, boolean strictMode) {
         }
 
         if (strictMode) {
-            boolean isBooleanOrNumeric = checkIfValueIsBooleanOrNumeric(string);
+            Object stringToVal = JSONObject.stringToValue(string);
 
-            if (isBooleanOrNumeric) {
-                return string;
+            if (stringToVal instanceof Number || stringToVal instanceof Boolean) {
+                return stringToVal;
             }
 
             throw new JSONException(String.format("Value is not surrounded by quotes: %s", string));
@@ -534,20 +534,6 @@ private Object parsedUnquotedText(char c, boolean strictMode) {
         return JSONObject.stringToValue(string);
     }
 
-    private boolean checkIfValueIsBooleanOrNumeric(Object valueToValidate) {
-        String stringToValidate = valueToValidate.toString();
-        if (stringToValidate.equals("true") || stringToValidate.equals("false")) {
-            return true;
-        }
-
-        try {
-            Double.parseDouble(stringToValidate);
-            return true;
-        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-
     /**
      * Skip characters until the next character is the requested character.
      * If the requested character is not found, no characters are skipped.
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONParserConfigurationTest.java b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONParserConfigurationTest.java
index f36f4cfbd..d8f8c7e09 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONParserConfigurationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/json/junit/JSONParserConfigurationTest.java
@@ -51,9 +51,35 @@ public void givenValidDoubleArray_testStrictModeTrue_shouldNotThrowJsonException
         JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration = new JSONParserConfiguration()
             .withStrictMode(true);
 
-        String testCase = "[[\"c\"],[\"a\"]]";
+        String testCase = "[[\"c\"], [10.2], [true, false, true]]";
 
-        new JSONArray(testCase, jsonParserConfiguration);
+        JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray(testCase, jsonParserConfiguration);
+        JSONArray arrayShouldContainStringAt0 = jsonArray.getJSONArray(0);
+        JSONArray arrayShouldContainNumberAt0 = jsonArray.getJSONArray(1);
+        JSONArray arrayShouldContainBooleanAt0 = jsonArray.getJSONArray(2);
+
+        assertTrue(arrayShouldContainStringAt0.get(0) instanceof String);
+        assertTrue(arrayShouldContainNumberAt0.get(0) instanceof Number);
+        assertTrue(arrayShouldContainBooleanAt0.get(0) instanceof Boolean);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void givenInvalidString_testStrictModeTrue_shouldThrowJsonException() {
+        JSONParserConfiguration jsonParserConfiguration = new JSONParserConfiguration()
+            .withStrictMode(true);
+
+        String testCase = "[badString]";
+
+        JSONException je = assertThrows(JSONException.class, () -> new JSONArray(testCase, jsonParserConfiguration));
+
+        assertEquals("Value is not surrounded by quotes: badString", je.getMessage());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldHandleNumericArray() {
+        String expected = "[10]";
+        JSONArray jsonArray = new JSONArray(expected, new JSONParserConfiguration().withStrictMode(true));
+        assertEquals(expected, jsonArray.toString());
     }
 
     @Test