diff --git a/pykokkos/lib/ufuncs.py b/pykokkos/lib/ufuncs.py
index 7be39862..a47e9e02 100644
--- a/pykokkos/lib/ufuncs.py
+++ b/pykokkos/lib/ufuncs.py
@@ -842,7 +842,7 @@ def add_impl_1d_double(tid: int, viewA: pk.View1D[pk.double], viewB: pk.View1D[p
 
 @pk.workunit
 def add_impl_1d_float(tid: int, viewA: pk.View1D[pk.float], viewB: pk.View1D[pk.float], out: pk.View1D[pk.float]):
-    out[tid] = viewA[tid] + viewB[tid]
+    out[tid] = viewA[tid] + viewB[tid % viewB.extent(0)]
 
 @pk.workunit
 def add_impl_2d_1d(tid, viewA, viewB, out):
@@ -874,8 +874,14 @@ def add(viewA, viewB, profiler_name: Optional[str] = None):
            Output view.
 
     """
+
+    # viewA must always be a view of type float 64 oe 32
+    if not isinstance(viewA, pk.ViewType) and viewA.dtype.__name__ not in ["float32", "float64"]:
+        raise RuntimeError("Incompatible first argument of type: {}, must be a float32 or float 64 Pykokkos view".format(viewA.dtype))
+
+    # then, if viewB is a scalar conform it to viewA's type
     if not isinstance(viewB, pk.ViewType):
-        view_temp = pk.View([1], pk.double)
+        view_temp = pk.View([1], pk.double if viewA.dtype.__name__ == "float64" else pk.float32)
         view_temp[0] = viewB
         viewB = view_temp
 
@@ -947,7 +953,7 @@ def add(viewA, viewB, profiler_name: Optional[str] = None):
                 viewB=smaller,
                 out=out)
     else:
-        raise RuntimeError("Incompatible Types")
+        raise RuntimeError("Incompatible Types {}, {}".format(viewA.dtype, viewB.dtype))
     return out
 
 
@@ -958,7 +964,7 @@ def multiply_impl_1d_double(tid: int, viewA: pk.View1D[pk.double], viewB: pk.Vie
 
 @pk.workunit
 def multiply_impl_1d_float(tid: int, viewA: pk.View1D[pk.float], viewB: pk.View1D[pk.float], out: pk.View1D[pk.float]):
-    out[tid] = viewA[tid] * viewB[tid]
+    out[tid] = viewA[tid] * viewB[tid % viewB.extent(0)]
 
 
 @pk.workunit
@@ -992,8 +998,13 @@ def multiply(viewA, viewB, profiler_name: Optional[str] = None):
 
     """
 
+    # viewA must always be a view of type float 64 oe 32
+    if not isinstance(viewA, pk.ViewType) and viewA.dtype.__name__ not in ["float32", "float64"]:
+        raise RuntimeError("Incompatible first argument of type: {}, must be a float32 or float 64 Pykokkos view".format(viewA.dtype))
+
+    # then, if viewB is a scalar conform it to viewA's type
     if not isinstance(viewB, pk.ViewType):
-        view_temp = pk.View([1], pk.double)
+        view_temp = pk.View([1], pk.double if viewA.dtype.__name__ == "float64" else pk.float32)
         view_temp[0] = viewB
         viewB = view_temp
 
@@ -1065,7 +1076,7 @@ def multiply(viewA, viewB, profiler_name: Optional[str] = None):
                 viewB=smaller,
                 out=out)
     else:
-        raise RuntimeError("Incompatible Types")
+        raise RuntimeError("Incompatible Types {}, {}".format(viewA.dtype, viewB.dtype))
     return out
 
 
@@ -1601,7 +1612,7 @@ def divide_impl_1d_double(tid: int, viewA: pk.View1D[pk.double], viewB: pk.View1
 
 @pk.workunit
 def divide_impl_1d_float(tid: int, viewA: pk.View1D[pk.float], viewB: pk.View1D[pk.float], out: pk.View1D[pk.float]):
-    out[tid] = viewA[tid] / viewB[tid]
+    out[tid] = viewA[tid] / viewB[tid % viewB.extent(0)]
 
 
 @pk.workunit
@@ -1628,8 +1639,13 @@ def divide(viewA, viewB, profiler_name: Optional[str] = None):
            Output view.
 
     """
-    if not isinstance(viewB, pk.ViewType) and not isinstance(viewB, pk.ViewType):
-        view_temp = pk.View([1], pk.double)
+    # viewA must always be a view of type float 64 oe 32
+    if not isinstance(viewA, pk.ViewType) and viewA.dtype.__name__ not in ["float32", "float64"]:
+        raise RuntimeError("Incompatible first argument of type: {}, must be a float32 or float 64 Pykokkos view".format(viewA.dtype))
+
+    # then, if viewB is a scalar conform it to viewA's type
+    if not isinstance(viewB, pk.ViewType):
+        view_temp = pk.View([1], pk.double if viewA.dtype.__name__ == "float64" else pk.float32)
         view_temp[0] = viewB
         viewB = view_temp
 
@@ -1663,7 +1679,7 @@ def divide(viewA, viewB, profiler_name: Optional[str] = None):
             viewB=viewB,
             out=out)
     else:
-        raise RuntimeError("Incompatible Types")
+        raise RuntimeError("Incompatible Types {}, {}".format(viewA.dtype, viewB.dtype))
     return out
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_ufuncs.py b/tests/test_ufuncs.py
index 57441a0f..b9a09217 100644
--- a/tests/test_ufuncs.py
+++ b/tests/test_ufuncs.py
@@ -380,6 +380,29 @@ def test_multi_array_1d_exposed_ufuncs_vs_numpy(pk_ufunc,
 
     assert_allclose(actual, expected)
 
+# TODO: There may be more funcs that support scalars
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("pk_ufunc, numpy_ufunc", [
+        (pk.add, np.add),
+        (pk.multiply, np.multiply),
+        (pk.divide, np.divide) 
+])
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("numpy_dtype", [
+        np.float64,
+        np.float32
+])
+def test_scalar_operations_vs_numpy(pk_ufunc,
+                                    numpy_ufunc,
+                                    numpy_dtype):
+    data = [1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0, 6.0]
+    expected = numpy_ufunc(
+        np.array(data, dtype=numpy_dtype),
+        1
+    )
+    actual = pk_ufunc(
+        pk.array(np.array(data, dtype=numpy_dtype)),
+        1
+    )
+    assert_allclose(actual, expected)
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("pk_ufunc, numpy_ufunc", [
         (pk.matmul, np.matmul),