diff --git a/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/el/TruthyTypeConverter.java b/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/el/TruthyTypeConverter.java
index 25babab14..14ad09082 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/el/TruthyTypeConverter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/el/TruthyTypeConverter.java
@@ -33,6 +33,12 @@ protected BigDecimal coerceToBigDecimal(Object value) {
     if (value instanceof DummyObject) {
       return BigDecimal.ZERO;
     }
+
+    if (value instanceof String) {
+      String sanitizedValue = trimCommas((String) value);
+      return super.coerceToBigDecimal(sanitizedValue);
+    }
+
     return super.coerceToBigDecimal(value);
   }
 
@@ -41,6 +47,12 @@ protected BigInteger coerceToBigInteger(Object value) {
     if (value instanceof DummyObject) {
       return BigInteger.ZERO;
     }
+
+    if (value instanceof String) {
+      String sanitizedValue = trimDecimal(trimCommas((String) value));
+      return super.coerceToBigInteger(sanitizedValue);
+    }
+
     return super.coerceToBigInteger(value);
   }
 
@@ -49,6 +61,12 @@ protected Double coerceToDouble(Object value) {
     if (value instanceof DummyObject) {
       return 0d;
     }
+
+    if (value instanceof String) {
+      String sanitizedValue = trimCommas((String) value);
+      return super.coerceToDouble(sanitizedValue);
+    }
+
     return super.coerceToDouble(value);
   }
 
@@ -57,6 +75,12 @@ protected Float coerceToFloat(Object value) {
     if (value instanceof DummyObject) {
       return 0f;
     }
+
+    if (value instanceof String) {
+      String sanitizedValue = trimCommas((String) value);
+      return super.coerceToFloat(sanitizedValue);
+    }
+
     return super.coerceToFloat(value);
   }
 
@@ -65,6 +89,11 @@ protected Long coerceToLong(Object value) {
     if (value instanceof DummyObject) {
       return 0L;
     }
+
+    if (value instanceof String) {
+      String sanitizedValue = trimDecimal(trimCommas((String) value));
+      return super.coerceToLong(sanitizedValue);
+    }
     return super.coerceToLong(value);
   }
 
@@ -73,6 +102,11 @@ protected Integer coerceToInteger(Object value) {
     if (value instanceof DummyObject) {
       return 0;
     }
+
+    if (value instanceof String) {
+      String sanitizedValue = trimDecimal(trimCommas((String) value));
+      return super.coerceToInteger(sanitizedValue);
+    }
     return super.coerceToInteger(value);
   }
 
@@ -81,6 +115,11 @@ protected Short coerceToShort(Object value) {
     if (value instanceof DummyObject) {
       return 0;
     }
+
+    if (value instanceof String) {
+      String sanitizedValue = trimDecimal(trimCommas((String) value));
+      return super.coerceToShort(sanitizedValue);
+    }
     return super.coerceToShort(value);
   }
 
@@ -89,9 +128,36 @@ protected Byte coerceToByte(Object value) {
     if (value instanceof DummyObject) {
       return 0;
     }
+    if (value instanceof String) {
+      String sanitizedValue = trimDecimal(trimCommas((String) value));
+      return super.coerceToByte(sanitizedValue);
+    }
+
     return super.coerceToByte(value);
   }
 
+  private String trimCommas(String value) {
+    if (!value.contains(",")) {
+      return value;
+    }
+
+    if (value.matches(".*\\..*,.*")) {
+      return value;
+    }
+    return value.replaceAll(",", "");
+  }
+
+  private String trimDecimal(String value) {
+    if (!value.contains(".")) {
+      return value;
+    }
+
+    if (!value.matches("\\d*\\.\\d*")) {
+      return value;
+    }
+    return value.substring(0, value.indexOf("."));
+  }
+
   @Override
   protected String coerceToString(Object value) {
     if (value instanceof DummyObject) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/exptest/ComparisonExpTestsTest.java b/src/test/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/exptest/ComparisonExpTestsTest.java
index f2dd38e64..6992b57fa 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/exptest/ComparisonExpTestsTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/hubspot/jinjava/lib/exptest/ComparisonExpTestsTest.java
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 package com.hubspot.jinjava.lib.exptest;
 
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThatThrownBy;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.hubspot.jinjava.BaseJinjavaTest;
+import com.hubspot.jinjava.interpret.FatalTemplateErrorsException;
 import com.hubspot.jinjava.objects.date.PyishDate;
 import java.time.Instant;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
+import javax.el.ELException;
+import javax.el.MethodNotFoundException;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class ComparisonExpTestsTest extends BaseJinjavaTest {
@@ -66,4 +70,27 @@ public void testAliases() {
     assertThat(jinjava.render("{{ 4 is >= 5 }}", new HashMap<>())).isEqualTo("false");
     assertThat(jinjava.render("{{ 4 is != 5 }}", new HashMap<>())).isEqualTo("true");
   }
+
+  @Test
+  public void itParsesFormattedNumbers() {
+    assertThat(jinjava.render("{{ \"1,050.25\" is ge 4 }}", new HashMap<>()))
+      .isEqualTo("true");
+    assertThat(jinjava.render("{{ \"4.1\" is gt 4 }}", new HashMap<>()))
+      .isEqualTo("false");
+    assertThat(jinjava.render("{{ 4.0 is le 5.00 }}", new HashMap<>())).isEqualTo("true");
+    assertThat(jinjava.render("{{ \"4,500.75\" is le 10000.00 }}", new HashMap<>()))
+      .isEqualTo("true");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void itDoesNotAllowCommasAfterDecimalPointInNumbers() {
+    assertThat(
+      jinjava.renderForResult("{{ \"150.25,0\" is ge 4 }}", new HashMap<>()).getErrors()
+    )
+      .isNotEmpty();
+    assertThat(
+      jinjava.renderForResult("{{ \"150.25,0\" is ge 4.0 }}", new HashMap<>()).getErrors()
+    )
+      .isNotEmpty();
+  }
 }