diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource/quantity.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource/quantity.go
index 50af8334f01..5a6bd1c4414 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource/quantity.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource/quantity.go
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
-	"math"
 	"math/big"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
@@ -464,20 +463,29 @@ func (q *Quantity) CanonicalizeBytes(out []byte) (result, suffix []byte) {
 // lose precision. If the value of the quantity is outside the range of a float64
 // +Inf/-Inf will be returned.
 func (q *Quantity) AsApproximateFloat64() float64 {
-	var base float64
-	var exponent int
-	if q.d.Dec != nil {
-		base, _ = big.NewFloat(0).SetInt(q.d.Dec.UnscaledBig()).Float64()
-		exponent = int(-q.d.Dec.Scale())
+	infDec := q.AsDec()
+
+	var absScale int64
+	if infDec.Scale() < 0 {
+		absScale = int64(-infDec.Scale())
 	} else {
-		base = float64(q.i.value)
-		exponent = int(q.i.scale)
+		absScale = int64(infDec.Scale())
 	}
-	if exponent == 0 {
-		return base
+	pow10AbsScale := big.NewInt(10)
+	pow10AbsScale = pow10AbsScale.Exp(pow10AbsScale, big.NewInt(absScale), nil)
+
+	var resultBigFloat *big.Float
+	if infDec.Scale() < 0 {
+		resultBigInt := new(big.Int).Mul(infDec.UnscaledBig(), pow10AbsScale)
+		resultBigFloat = new(big.Float).SetInt(resultBigInt)
+	} else {
+		pow10AbsScaleFloat := new(big.Float).SetInt(pow10AbsScale)
+		resultBigFloat = new(big.Float).SetInt(infDec.UnscaledBig())
+		resultBigFloat = resultBigFloat.Quo(resultBigFloat, pow10AbsScaleFloat)
 	}
 
-	return base * math.Pow10(exponent)
+	result, _ := resultBigFloat.Float64()
+	return result
 }
 
 // AsInt64 returns a representation of the current value as an int64 if a fast conversion
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource/quantity_test.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource/quantity_test.go
index c78ff8d6bd0..a6cfc7a809b 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource/quantity_test.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/api/resource/quantity_test.go
@@ -1313,7 +1313,7 @@ func TestQuantityAsApproximateFloat64(t *testing.T) {
 		{decQuantity(7*1024*1024, 1, BinarySI), (7 * 1024 * 1024) * 10},
 		{decQuantity(7*1024*1024, 4, BinarySI), (7 * 1024 * 1024) * 10000},
 		{decQuantity(7*1024*1024, 8, BinarySI), (7 * 1024 * 1024) * 100000000},
-		{decQuantity(7*1024*1024, -1, BinarySI), (7 * 1024 * 1024) * math.Pow10(-1)}, // '* Pow10' and '/ float(10)' do not round the same way
+		{decQuantity(7*1024*1024, -1, BinarySI), (7 * 1024 * 1024) / float64(10)},
 		{decQuantity(7*1024*1024, -8, BinarySI), (7 * 1024 * 1024) / float64(100000000)},
 
 		{decQuantity(1024, 0, DecimalSI), 1024},
@@ -1322,7 +1322,7 @@ func TestQuantityAsApproximateFloat64(t *testing.T) {
 		{decQuantity(7*1024*1024, 1, DecimalSI), (7 * 1024 * 1024) * 10},
 		{decQuantity(7*1024*1024, 4, DecimalSI), (7 * 1024 * 1024) * 10000},
 		{decQuantity(7*1024*1024, 8, DecimalSI), (7 * 1024 * 1024) * 100000000},
-		{decQuantity(7*1024*1024, -1, DecimalSI), (7 * 1024 * 1024) * math.Pow10(-1)}, // '* Pow10' and '/ float(10)' do not round the same way
+		{decQuantity(7*1024*1024, -1, DecimalSI), (7 * 1024 * 1024) / float64(10)},
 		{decQuantity(7*1024*1024, -8, DecimalSI), (7 * 1024 * 1024) / float64(100000000)},
 
 		{decQuantity(1024, 0, DecimalExponent), 1024},
@@ -1331,7 +1331,7 @@ func TestQuantityAsApproximateFloat64(t *testing.T) {
 		{decQuantity(7*1024*1024, 1, DecimalExponent), (7 * 1024 * 1024) * 10},
 		{decQuantity(7*1024*1024, 4, DecimalExponent), (7 * 1024 * 1024) * 10000},
 		{decQuantity(7*1024*1024, 8, DecimalExponent), (7 * 1024 * 1024) * 100000000},
-		{decQuantity(7*1024*1024, -1, DecimalExponent), (7 * 1024 * 1024) * math.Pow10(-1)}, // '* Pow10' and '/ float(10)' do not round the same way
+		{decQuantity(7*1024*1024, -1, DecimalExponent), (7 * 1024 * 1024) / float64(10)},
 		{decQuantity(7*1024*1024, -8, DecimalExponent), (7 * 1024 * 1024) / float64(100000000)},
 
 		// very large numbers
@@ -1344,11 +1344,11 @@ func TestQuantityAsApproximateFloat64(t *testing.T) {
 		{decQuantity(-12, 500, DecimalSI), math.Inf(-1)},
 	}
 
-	for _, item := range table {
+	for i, item := range table {
 		t.Run(fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", item.in.Format, item.in.String()), func(t *testing.T) {
 			out := item.in.AsApproximateFloat64()
 			if out != item.out {
-				t.Fatalf("expected %v, got %v", item.out, out)
+				t.Fatalf("test %d expected %v, got %v", i+1, item.out, out)
 			}
 			if item.in.d.Dec != nil {
 				if i, ok := item.in.AsInt64(); ok {