diff --git a/main/SS/Formula/Eval/TwoOperandNumeric/MultiplyEval.cs b/main/SS/Formula/Eval/TwoOperandNumeric/MultiplyEval.cs
index ee1951ef2..923ad44a0 100644
--- a/main/SS/Formula/Eval/TwoOperandNumeric/MultiplyEval.cs
+++ b/main/SS/Formula/Eval/TwoOperandNumeric/MultiplyEval.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@ public class MultiplyEval : TwoOperandNumericOperation
     {
         public override double Evaluate(double d0, double d1)
         {
-            return d0 * d1;
+            decimal dec0 = (decimal)d0;
+            decimal dec1 = (decimal)d1;
+
+            return decimal.ToDouble(dec0 * dec1);
         }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/testcases/main/SS/Formula/Eval/TestMultiplyEval.cs b/testcases/main/SS/Formula/Eval/TestMultiplyEval.cs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..90c1e25cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testcases/main/SS/Formula/Eval/TestMultiplyEval.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/* ====================================================================
+   Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+   contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+   this work for Additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+   The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+   (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+   the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+   Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+   distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+   WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+   See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+   limitations under the License.
+==================================================================== */
+
+namespace TestCases.SS.Formula.Eval
+{
+
+    using NUnit.Framework;
+    using NPOI.SS.Formula.Eval;
+    using TestCases.SS.Formula.Functions;
+
+    /**
+     *  Test for multiply operator Evaluator.
+     *  
+     *  
+     */
+    [TestFixture]
+    public class TestMultiplyEval
+    {
+
+        private static void Confirm(ValueEval arg0, ValueEval arg1, double expectedResult)
+        {
+            ValueEval[] args = {
+			    arg0, arg1,
+		    };
+
+            double result = NumericFunctionInvoker.Invoke(EvalInstances.Multiply, args, 0, 0);
+
+            Assert.AreEqual(expectedResult, result, 0);
+        }
+        [Test]
+        public void TestBasic()
+        {
+            System.Threading.Thread.CurrentThread.CurrentCulture = System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("en-US");
+
+            // issue #1055, use decimal to handle precision issue like (20000 * 0.000027 = 0.539999 in double)
+            Confirm(new NumberEval(20000), new NumberEval(0.000027), 0.54);            
+        }
+        
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/testcases/main/SS/Formula/PTG/TestExternalNameReference.cs b/testcases/main/SS/Formula/PTG/TestExternalNameReference.cs
index 2bdbd6005..a08140092 100644
--- a/testcases/main/SS/Formula/PTG/TestExternalNameReference.cs
+++ b/testcases/main/SS/Formula/PTG/TestExternalNameReference.cs
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ public void TestEvaluate()
             Evaluator.EvaluateFormulaCell(ccell);
             Evaluator.EvaluateFormulaCell(tccell);
             Assert.AreEqual(NEW_PART_COST, uccell.NumericCellValue);
-            Assert.AreEqual(NEW_PART_COST * NEW_QUANT, ccell.NumericCellValue);
+            double ctotal = decimal.ToDouble((decimal)NEW_PART_COST * (decimal)NEW_QUANT);
+            Assert.AreEqual(ctotal, ccell.NumericCellValue);
             Assert.AreEqual(NEW_PART_COST * NEW_QUANT * MARKUP_COST_2, tccell.NumericCellValue);
         }
     }