diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-numbers-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/positivenegative/PositiveOrNegative.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-numbers-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/positivenegative/PositiveOrNegative.java
index a580aa5ac5..0fa32a0425 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-numbers-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/positivenegative/PositiveOrNegative.java
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-numbers-5/src/main/java/com/baeldung/positivenegative/PositiveOrNegative.java
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ public class PositiveOrNegative {
     }
 
     public static Result bySignum(Float floatNumber) {
-        float result = Math.signum(floatNumber);
+        Float result = Math.signum(floatNumber);
 
-        if (result == 1.0f) {
+        if (result.compareTo(1.0f) == 0) {
             return Result.POSITIVE;
-        } else if (result == -1.0f) {
+        } else if (result.compareTo(-1.0f) == 0) {
             return Result.NEGATIVE;
         }
         return Result.ZERO;
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-numbers-5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/positivenegative/PositiveOrNegativeUnitTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-numbers-5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/positivenegative/PositiveOrNegativeUnitTest.java
index 4807e8b928..847ef6edb6 100644
--- a/core-java-modules/core-java-numbers-5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/positivenegative/PositiveOrNegativeUnitTest.java
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-numbers-5/src/test/java/com/baeldung/positivenegative/PositiveOrNegativeUnitTest.java
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 package com.baeldung.positivenegative;
 
-import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
-
-import static com.baeldung.positivenegative.PositiveOrNegative.Result.*;
+import static com.baeldung.positivenegative.PositiveOrNegative.Result.NEGATIVE;
+import static com.baeldung.positivenegative.PositiveOrNegative.Result.POSITIVE;
+import static com.baeldung.positivenegative.PositiveOrNegative.Result.ZERO;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
 
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
 class PositiveOrNegativeUnitTest {
     @Test
     void givenIntegers_whenChkPositiveOrNegativeByOperator_thenReturnExpectedResult() {