diff --git a/src/TableFunctions/TableFunctionNumbers.cpp b/src/TableFunctions/TableFunctionNumbers.cpp
index 4658165735a..594075b1c82 100644
--- a/src/TableFunctions/TableFunctionNumbers.cpp
+++ b/src/TableFunctions/TableFunctionNumbers.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <Common/typeid_cast.h>
 #include <Storages/System/StorageSystemNumbers.h>
 #include <Interpreters/evaluateConstantExpression.h>
+#include <Interpreters/convertFieldToType.h>
 #include <Interpreters/Context.h>
 #include <DataTypes/DataTypesNumber.h>
 #include "registerTableFunctions.h"
@@ -17,6 +18,7 @@ namespace DB
 namespace ErrorCodes
 {
     extern const int NUMBER_OF_ARGUMENTS_DOESNT_MATCH;
+    extern const int ILLEGAL_TYPE_OF_ARGUMENT;
 }
 
 
@@ -56,7 +58,16 @@ void registerTableFunctionNumbers(TableFunctionFactory & factory)
 template <bool multithreaded>
 UInt64 TableFunctionNumbers<multithreaded>::evaluateArgument(const Context & context, ASTPtr & argument) const
 {
-    return evaluateConstantExpressionOrIdentifierAsLiteral(argument, context)->as<ASTLiteral &>().value.safeGet<UInt64>();
+    const auto & [field, type] = evaluateConstantExpression(argument, context);
+
+    if (!isNativeNumber(type))
+        throw Exception(ErrorCodes::ILLEGAL_TYPE_OF_ARGUMENT, "Illegal type {} expression, must be numeric type", type->getName());
+
+    Field converted = convertFieldToType(field, DataTypeUInt64());
+    if (converted.isNull())
+        throw Exception(ErrorCodes::ILLEGAL_TYPE_OF_ARGUMENT, "The value {} is not representable as UInt64", applyVisitor(FieldVisitorToString(), field));
+
+    return converted.safeGet<UInt64>();
 }
 
 }
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/01702_system_numbers_scientific_notation.reference b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01702_system_numbers_scientific_notation.reference
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e69de29bb2d
diff --git a/tests/queries/0_stateless/01702_system_numbers_scientific_notation.sql b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01702_system_numbers_scientific_notation.sql
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6e037ee4a2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/queries/0_stateless/01702_system_numbers_scientific_notation.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+select * from numbers(1e2) format Null;
+select * from numbers_mt(1e2) format Null;
+select * from numbers_mt('100') format Null; -- { serverError 43 }
+select * from numbers_mt(inf) format Null; -- { serverError 43 }
+select * from numbers_mt(nan) format Null; -- { serverError 43 }