diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/Classes/MemoryApi.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/Classes/MemoryApi.cs
index 260e94bc92..8c6093933e 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/Classes/MemoryApi.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/Api/Classes/MemoryApi.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 
 using BizHawk.Common;
+using BizHawk.Common.NumberExtensions;
 using BizHawk.Emulation.Common;
 
 namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
@@ -287,7 +288,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 				LogCallback($"Warning: Attempted read {addr} outside memory size of {d.Size}");
 				return default;
 			}
-			return BitConverter.ToSingle(BitConverter.GetBytes(d.PeekUint(addr, _isBigEndian)), 0);
+			return NumberExtensions.ReinterpretAsF32(d.PeekUint(addr, _isBigEndian));
 		}
 
 		public void WriteFloat(long addr, float value, string domain = null)
@@ -303,7 +304,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 				LogCallback($"Warning: Attempted write {addr} outside memory size of {d.Size}");
 				return;
 			}
-			d.PokeUint(addr, BitConverter.ToUInt32(BitConverter.GetBytes(value), 0), _isBigEndian);
+			d.PokeUint(addr, NumberExtensions.ReinterpretAsUInt32(value), _isBigEndian);
 		}
 
 		public int ReadS8(long addr, string domain = null) => (sbyte) ReadUnsigned(addr, 1, domain);
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/tools/RamSearchEngine/RamSearchEngine.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/tools/RamSearchEngine/RamSearchEngine.cs
index adf05e6485..5cfbdde961 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/tools/RamSearchEngine/RamSearchEngine.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/tools/RamSearchEngine/RamSearchEngine.cs
@@ -1,23 +1,17 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
-using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
 
 using BizHawk.Common;
 using BizHawk.Common.CollectionExtensions;
 using BizHawk.Common.NumberExtensions;
 using BizHawk.Emulation.Common;
+using static BizHawk.Common.NumberExtensions.NumberExtensions;
 
 // ReSharper disable PossibleInvalidCastExceptionInForeachLoop
 namespace BizHawk.Client.Common.RamSearchEngine
 {
 	public class RamSearchEngine
 	{
-		/// <remarks>TODO move to BizHawk.Common</remarks>
-		private static float ReinterpretAsF32(long l)
-		{
-			return Unsafe.As<long, float>(ref l);
-		}
-
 		private Compare _compareTo = Compare.Previous;
 
 		private IMiniWatch[] _watchList = Array.Empty<IMiniWatch>();
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/tools/Watch/DWordWatch.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/tools/Watch/DWordWatch.cs
index dfffdb3cac..3e3f623bd7 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/tools/Watch/DWordWatch.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.Common/tools/Watch/DWordWatch.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Globalization;
+using BizHawk.Common.NumberExtensions;
 using BizHawk.Emulation.Common;
 
 namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 					WatchDisplayType.Hex => uint.Parse(value, NumberStyles.HexNumber),
 					WatchDisplayType.FixedPoint_20_12 => (uint)(double.Parse(value, NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo) * 4096.0),
 					WatchDisplayType.FixedPoint_16_16 => (uint)(double.Parse(value, NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo) * 65536.0),
-					WatchDisplayType.Float => BitConverter.ToUInt32(BitConverter.GetBytes(float.Parse(value, NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo)), 0),
+					WatchDisplayType.Float => NumberExtensions.ReinterpretAsUInt32(float.Parse(value, NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo)),
 					_ => 0
 				};
 
@@ -128,8 +129,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.Common
 		{
 			string FormatFloat()
 			{
-				var bytes = BitConverter.GetBytes(val);
-				var _float = BitConverter.ToSingle(bytes, 0);
+				var _float = NumberExtensions.ReinterpretAsF32(val);
 				return _float.ToString(NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo);
 			}
 
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Watch/WatchValueBox.cs b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Watch/WatchValueBox.cs
index 7cddd85f2b..c4859c1498 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Watch/WatchValueBox.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk/tools/Watch/WatchValueBox.cs
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 					WatchDisplayType.FixedPoint_12_4 => (int)(double.Parse(Text, NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo) * 16.0),
 					WatchDisplayType.FixedPoint_20_12 => (int)(double.Parse(Text, NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo) * 4096.0),
 					WatchDisplayType.FixedPoint_16_16 => (int)(double.Parse(Text, NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo) * 65536.0),
-					WatchDisplayType.Float => BitConverter.ToInt32(BitConverter.GetBytes(float.Parse(Text, NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo)), 0),
+					WatchDisplayType.Float => (int)NumberExtensions.ReinterpretAsUInt32(float.Parse(Text, NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo)),
 					_ => int.Parse(Text)
 				};
 			}
@@ -501,8 +501,7 @@ namespace BizHawk.Client.EmuHawk
 						Text = (val.Value / 65536.0).ToString("F5", NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo);
 						break;
 					case WatchDisplayType.Float:
-						var bytes = BitConverter.GetBytes(val.Value);
-						float _float = BitConverter.ToSingle(bytes, 0);
+						float _float = NumberExtensions.ReinterpretAsF32((uint)val.Value);
 						Text = _float.ToString("F6", NumberFormatInfo.InvariantInfo);
 						break;
 				}
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Common/Extensions/NumberExtensions.cs b/src/BizHawk.Common/Extensions/NumberExtensions.cs
index 2afcd6353c..0f236461f2 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Common/Extensions/NumberExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Common/Extensions/NumberExtensions.cs
@@ -155,5 +155,11 @@ namespace BizHawk.Common.NumberExtensions
 
 		/// <remarks>don't use this in cores without picking a suitable ε</remarks>
 		public static bool HawkFloatEquality(this float f, float other, float ε = ReallySmallNumber) => Math.Abs(other - f) < ε;
+
+		/// <summary> Reinterprets the byte representation of <paramref name="value"/> as a float</summary>
+		public static float ReinterpretAsF32(uint value) => Unsafe.As<uint, float>(ref value);
+
+		/// <summary> Reinterprets the byte representation of <paramref name="value"/> as a uint</summary>
+		public static uint ReinterpretAsUInt32(float value) => Unsafe.As<float, uint>(ref value);
 	}
 }