diff --git a/docs/README.md b/docs/README.md
index cdfc2cb0f..98ab998d1 100644
--- a/docs/README.md
+++ b/docs/README.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Utility methods for this package are split into groups
 - [is](is.md) Type checking utilities
 - [jsonrpc](jsonrpc.md) Convenience functions for values from @polkadot/api-jsonrpc
 - [keccak](keccak.md) Create Keccak256 values as hex, string & buffer output
+- [number](number.md) Utility methods to convert to and from `number` values
 - [u8a](u8a.md) Utility methods to convert to and from `Uint8Array` objects
 
 # Available methods
diff --git a/docs/is.md b/docs/is.md
index 3d3de2ccf..8bc26d7b7 100644
--- a/docs/is.md
+++ b/docs/is.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Type checking utilities
 - [isFunction](#isfunction) Tests for a `function`.
 - [isHex](#ishex) Tests for a hex string.
 - [isInstanceOf](#isinstanceof) Tests for a instance of a class.
+- [isNull](#isnull) Tests for a `null` values.
 - [isNumber](#isnumber) Tests for a JavaScript number.
 - [isString](#isstring) Tests for a string.
 - [isUint8Array](#isuint8array) Tests for a `Uint8Array` object instance.
@@ -116,6 +117,23 @@ import { isInstanceOf } from '@polkadot/util';
 console.log('isinstanceOf', isInstanceOf(new Array(0), Array)); // => true
 ```
 
+## isNull
+
+Tests for a `null` values.
+
+```js
+isNull (value: any): boolean
+```
+
+
+Checks to see if the input value is `null`.
+
+```js
+import { isNull } from '@polkadot/util';
+
+console.log('isNull', isNull(null)); // => true
+```
+
 ## isNumber
 
 Tests for a JavaScript number.
diff --git a/docs/number.md b/docs/number.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d4df6f87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/number.md
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+# number
+
+Utility methods to convert to and from `number` values 
+
+- [numberFromBuffer](#numberfrombuffer) Creates a Number value from a Buffer object.
+- [numberFromHex](#numberfromhex) Creates a Number value from a Buffer object.
+- [numberToBuffer](#numbertobuffer) Creates a Buffer object from a number.
+- [numberToHex](#numbertohex) Creates a hex value from a number.
+
+## numberFromBuffer
+
+Creates a Number value from a Buffer object.
+
+```js
+numberFromBuffer (value?: Buffer): number
+```
+
+
+`null` inputs returns an NaN result, `Buffer` values return the actual value as a `Number`.
+
+```js
+import { numberFromBuffer } from '@polkadot/util';
+
+numberFromBuffer(Buffer.from([12, 34, 56])); // => 0x123456
+```
+
+## numberFromHex
+
+Creates a Number value from a Buffer object.
+
+```js
+numberFromHex (value?: Hex): number
+```
+
+
+`null` inputs returns an Nan result, `hex` values return the actual value as a `Number`.
+
+```js
+import { numberFromHex } from '@polkadot/util';
+
+numberFromBuffer('0x1234'); // => 0x1234
+```
+
+## numberToBuffer
+
+Creates a Buffer object from a number.
+
+```js
+numberToBuffer (value?: number): Buffer
+```
+
+
+`null`/`undefined`/`NaN` inputs returns an empty `Buffer` result. `number` input values return the actual bytes value converted to a `Buffer`.
+
+```js
+import { numberToBuffer } from '@polkadot/util';
+
+const buffer = numberToBuffer('0x1234'); // => Buffer.from([0x12, 0x34])
+```
+
+## numberToHex
+
+Creates a hex value from a number.
+
+```js
+numberToHex (value?: number): string
+```
+
+
+`null`/`undefined`/`NaN` inputs returns an empty `0x` result. `number` input values return the actual bytes value converted to a `hex`.
+
+```js
+import { numberToHex } from '@polkadot/util';
+
+const hex = numberToHex(0x1234); // => '0x1234'
+```
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 88c858baf..7820b3cdf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     "test": "jest --coverage src"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@polkadot/api-jsonrpc": "^0.5.4",
+    "@polkadot/api-jsonrpc": "^0.5.5",
     "@polkadot/dev": "^0.9.9"
   },
   "dependencies": {
diff --git a/src/hex/addPrefix.js b/src/hex/addPrefix.js
index 00a3a5c6e..5644f2993 100644
--- a/src/hex/addPrefix.js
+++ b/src/hex/addPrefix.js
@@ -19,5 +19,9 @@ module.exports = function hexAddPrefix (value: ?string): string {
     return value;
   }
 
-  return `0x${value || ''}`;
+  const prefix = value && value.length % 2 === 1
+    ? '0'
+    : '';
+
+  return `0x${prefix}${value || ''}`;
 };
diff --git a/src/hex/index.spec.js b/src/hex/index.spec.js
index d4ee1946e..4e3a0c057 100644
--- a/src/hex/index.spec.js
+++ b/src/hex/index.spec.js
@@ -8,14 +8,20 @@ describe('hex', () => {
   describe('hexAddPrefix', () => {
     it('does not add when prefix is available', () => {
       expect(
-        hexAddPrefix('0x123')
-      ).toEqual('0x123');
+        hexAddPrefix('0x0123')
+      ).toEqual('0x0123');
     });
 
     it('adds the prefix when it is not available', () => {
+      expect(
+        hexAddPrefix('0123')
+      ).toEqual('0x0123');
+    });
+
+    it('adds extra 0 when length % 2 === 1', () => {
       expect(
         hexAddPrefix('123')
-      ).toEqual('0x123');
+      ).toEqual('0x0123');
     });
 
     it('returns null as 0x', () => {
diff --git a/src/is/index.js b/src/is/index.js
index d26502865..4f26bc402 100644
--- a/src/is/index.js
+++ b/src/is/index.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ const isError = require('./error');
 const isFunction = require('./function');
 const isHex = require('./hex');
 const isInstanceOf = require('./instanceOf');
+const isNull = require('./null');
 const isNumber = require('./number');
 const isString = require('./string');
 const isUndefined = require('./undefined');
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ module.exports = {
   isFunction,
   isHex,
   isInstanceOf,
+  isNull,
   isNumber,
   isString,
   isUndefined
diff --git a/src/is/null.js b/src/is/null.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b66d66ca3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/is/null.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// ISC, Copyright 2017 Jaco Greeff
+// @flow
+
+/**
+  @name isNull
+  @signature isNull (value: any): boolean
+  @summary Tests for a `null` values.
+  @description
+    Checks to see if the input value is `null`.
+  @example
+    import { isNull } from '@polkadot/util';
+
+    console.log('isNull', isNull(null)); // => true
+*/
+module.exports = function isNull (value: any): boolean {
+  return value === null;
+};
diff --git a/src/number/fromBuffer.js b/src/number/fromBuffer.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..249107910
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/number/fromBuffer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// ISC, Copyright 2017 Jaco Greeff
+// @flow
+
+/**
+  @name numberFromBuffer
+  @signature numberFromBuffer (value?: Buffer): number
+  @summary Creates a Number value from a Buffer object.
+  @description
+    `null` inputs returns an NaN result, `Buffer` values return the actual value as a `Number`.
+  @example
+    import { numberFromBuffer } from '@polkadot/util';
+
+    numberFromBuffer(Buffer.from([12, 34, 56])); // => 0x123456
+*/
+module.exports = function numberFromBuffer (buffer?: Buffer): number {
+  if (!buffer || !buffer.length) {
+    return NaN;
+  }
+
+  const length = buffer.length;
+  let value = 0;
+
+  for (let index = 0; index < length; ++index) {
+    value = (value * 256) + buffer[index];
+  }
+
+  return value;
+};
diff --git a/src/number/fromHex.js b/src/number/fromHex.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aae73d7a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/number/fromHex.js
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+// ISC, Copyright 2017 Jaco Greeff
+// @flow
+
+const bufferFromHex = require('../buffer/fromHex');
+const numberFromBuffer = require('./fromBuffer');
+
+/**
+  @name numberFromHex
+  @signature numberFromHex (value?: Hex): number
+  @summary Creates a Number value from a Buffer object.
+  @description
+    `null` inputs returns an Nan result, `hex` values return the actual value as a `Number`.
+  @example
+    import { numberFromHex } from '@polkadot/util';
+
+    numberFromBuffer('0x1234'); // => 0x1234
+*/
+module.exports = function numberFromHex (value?: string): number {
+  if (!value) {
+    return NaN;
+  }
+
+  return numberFromBuffer(
+    bufferFromHex(value)
+  );
+};
diff --git a/src/number/index.js b/src/number/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e32c2bc1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/number/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+// ISC, Copyright 2017 Jaco Greeff
+// @flow
+
+const numberFromBuffer = require('./fromBuffer');
+const numberFromHex = require('./fromHex');
+const numberToBuffer = require('./toBuffer');
+const numberToHex = require('./toHex');
+
+/**
+  @summary Utility methods to convert to and from `number` values
+*/
+module.exports = {
+  numberFromBuffer,
+  numberFromHex,
+  numberToBuffer,
+  numberToHex
+};
diff --git a/src/number/index.spec.js b/src/number/index.spec.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..86b1020ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/number/index.spec.js
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+// ISC, Copyright 2017 Jaco Greeff
+
+const numberFromBuffer = require('./fromBuffer');
+const numberFromHex = require('./fromHex');
+const numberToBuffer = require('./toBuffer');
+const numberToHex = require('./toHex');
+
+describe('number', () => {
+  describe('numberFromBuffer', () => {
+    it('converts nothing to NaN', () => {
+      expect(
+        numberFromBuffer()
+      ).toEqual(NaN);
+    });
+
+    it('converts empty buffer to NaN', () => {
+      expect(
+        numberFromBuffer(Buffer.from([]))
+      ).toEqual(NaN);
+    });
+
+    it('converts a buffer to a value', () => {
+      expect(
+        numberFromBuffer(Buffer.from([0x12, 0x34]))
+      ).toEqual(0x1234);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('numberToBuffer', () => {
+    it('converts undefined to empty', () => {
+      expect(
+        numberToBuffer()
+      ).toEqual(Buffer.from([]));
+    });
+
+    it('converts null to empty', () => {
+      expect(
+        numberToBuffer(null)
+      ).toEqual(Buffer.from([]));
+    });
+
+    it('converts NaN to empty', () => {
+      expect(
+        numberToBuffer(NaN)
+      ).toEqual(Buffer.from([]));
+    });
+
+    it('converts values to the buffer', () => {
+      expect(
+        numberToBuffer(0x3456)
+      ).toEqual(Buffer.from([0x34, 0x56]));
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('numberFromHex', () => {
+    it('converts an empty to NaN', () => {
+      expect(
+        numberFromHex()
+      ).toEqual(NaN);
+    });
+
+    it('converts to a number from hex', () => {
+      expect(
+        numberFromHex('0x1234')
+      ).toEqual(0x1234);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('numberToHex', () => {
+    it('converts undefined to 0x', () => {
+      expect(
+        numberToHex()
+      ).toEqual('0x');
+    });
+
+    it('converts null to 0x', () => {
+      expect(
+        numberToHex(null)
+      ).toEqual('0x');
+    });
+
+    it('converts Nan to 0x', () => {
+      expect(
+        numberToHex(NaN)
+      ).toEqual('0x');
+    });
+
+    it('converts 0 to 0x00', () => {
+      expect(
+        numberToHex(0)
+      ).toEqual('0x00');
+    });
+
+    it('converts number to hex', () => {
+      expect(
+        numberToHex(0x1245)
+      ).toEqual('0x1245');
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/number/toBuffer.js b/src/number/toBuffer.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..836cfde1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/number/toBuffer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+// ISC, Copyright 2017 Jaco Greeff
+// @flow
+
+const bufferFromHex = require('../buffer/fromHex');
+const isNull = require('../is/null');
+const isUndefined = require('../is/undefined');
+const numberToHex = require('./toHex');
+
+/**
+  @name numberToBuffer
+  @signature numberToBuffer (value?: number): Buffer
+  @summary Creates a Buffer object from a number.
+  @description
+    `null`/`undefined`/`NaN` inputs returns an empty `Buffer` result. `number` input values return the actual bytes value converted to a `Buffer`.
+  @example
+    import { numberToBuffer } from '@polkadot/util';
+
+    const buffer = numberToBuffer('0x1234'); // => Buffer.from([0x12, 0x34])
+*/
+module.exports = function numberToBuffer (value?: number): Buffer {
+  if (isUndefined(value) || isNull(value) || isNaN(value)) {
+    return Buffer.from([]);
+  }
+
+  return bufferFromHex(
+    numberToHex(value)
+  );
+};
diff --git a/src/number/toHex.js b/src/number/toHex.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f8eb99326
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/number/toHex.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+// ISC, Copyright 2017 Jaco Greeff
+// @flow
+
+const hexAddPrefix = require('../hex/addPrefix');
+const isNull = require('../is/null');
+const isUndefined = require('../is/undefined');
+
+/**
+  @name numberToHex
+  @signature numberToHex (value?: number): string
+  @summary Creates a hex value from a number.
+  @description
+    `null`/`undefined`/`NaN` inputs returns an empty `0x` result. `number` input values return the actual bytes value converted to a `hex`.
+  @example
+    import { numberToHex } from '@polkadot/util';
+
+    const hex = numberToHex(0x1234); // => '0x1234'
+*/
+module.exports = function numberToHex (value?: number): string {
+  if (isUndefined(value) || isNull(value) || isNaN(value)) {
+    return '0x';
+  }
+
+  return hexAddPrefix(
+    (value || 0).toString(16)
+  );
+};