diff --git a/lib/liquid/range_lookup.rb b/lib/liquid/range_lookup.rb
index 9f80c5d..4f4ed6b 100644
--- a/lib/liquid/range_lookup.rb
+++ b/lib/liquid/range_lookup.rb
@@ -12,7 +12,18 @@ module Liquid
       if start_obj.respond_to?(:evaluate) || end_obj.respond_to?(:evaluate)
         new(start_obj, end_obj)
       else
-        start_obj.to_i..end_obj.to_i
+        to_integer(start_obj)..to_integer(end_obj)
+      end
+    end
+
+    def self.to_integer(input)
+      case input
+      when Integer
+        input
+      when NilClass, String, Float
+        input.to_i
+      else
+        Utils.to_integer(input)
       end
     end
 
@@ -24,26 +35,13 @@ module Liquid
     end
 
     def evaluate(context)
-      start_int = to_integer(context.evaluate(@start_expr))
-      end_int   = to_integer(context.evaluate(@end_expr))
+      start_int = self.class.to_integer(context.evaluate(@start_expr))
+      end_int   = self.class.to_integer(context.evaluate(@end_expr))
       start_int..end_int
     end
 
     def ==(other)
       self.class == other.class && start_expr == other.start_expr && end_expr == other.end_expr
     end
-
-    private
-
-    def to_integer(input)
-      case input
-      when Integer
-        input
-      when NilClass, String
-        input.to_i
-      else
-        Utils.to_integer(input)
-      end
-    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/integration/expression_test.rb b/test/integration/expression_test.rb
index 5301985..3841fec 100644
--- a/test/integration/expression_test.rb
+++ b/test/integration/expression_test.rb
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ class ExpressionTest < Minitest::Test
     assert_equal(0..0, parse_and_eval("('a'..'b')"))
 
     with_error_mode(:strict) do
-      e = assert_raises(NoMethodError) { parse_and_eval("(1..(1..5))") }
-      assert_match(/undefined method `to_i' for 1..5:Range/, e.message)
+      assert_raises(Liquid::ArgumentError) { parse_and_eval("(1..(1..5))") }
     end
   end