diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Buffers/Text/FormattingHelpers.CountDigits.cs b/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Buffers/Text/FormattingHelpers.CountDigits.cs
index 18eac2cf08eb7e..35f7bba785ae55 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Buffers/Text/FormattingHelpers.CountDigits.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Buffers/Text/FormattingHelpers.CountDigits.cs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public static int CountDigits(ulong value)
             Debug.Assert(log2ToPow10.Length == 64);
 
             // TODO: Replace with log2ToPow10[BitOperations.Log2(value)] once https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/issues/79257 is fixed
-            uint index = Unsafe.Add(ref MemoryMarshal.GetReference(log2ToPow10), BitOperations.Log2(value));
+            nint elementOffset = Unsafe.Add(ref MemoryMarshal.GetReference(log2ToPow10), BitOperations.Log2(value));
 
             // Read the associated power of 10.
             ReadOnlySpan<ulong> powersOf10 =
@@ -52,13 +52,13 @@ public static int CountDigits(ulong value)
                 1000000000000000000,
                 10000000000000000000,
             ];
-            Debug.Assert((index + 1) <= powersOf10.Length);
-            ulong powerOf10 = Unsafe.Add(ref MemoryMarshal.GetReference(powersOf10), index);
+            Debug.Assert((elementOffset + 1) <= powersOf10.Length);
+            ulong powerOf10 = Unsafe.Add(ref MemoryMarshal.GetReference(powersOf10), elementOffset);
 
             // Return the number of digits based on the power of 10, shifted by 1
             // if it falls below the threshold.
-            bool lessThan = value < powerOf10;
-            return (int)(index - Unsafe.As<bool, byte>(ref lessThan)); // while arbitrary bools may be non-0/1, comparison operators are expected to return 0/1
+            int index = (int)elementOffset;
+            return index - (value < powerOf10 ? 1 : 0);
         }
 
         [MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.AggressiveInlining)]
diff --git a/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Half.cs b/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Half.cs
index 80e3f9532248a4..fab95058ccd261 100644
--- a/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Half.cs
+++ b/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Half.cs
@@ -746,7 +746,7 @@ public static explicit operator Half(float value)
             // Extract sign bit
             uint sign = (bitValue & float.SignMask) >> 16;
             // Detecting NaN (~0u if a is not NaN)
-            uint realMask = (uint)(Unsafe.BitCast<bool, sbyte>(float.IsNaN(value)) - 1);
+            uint realMask = float.IsNaN(value) ? 0u : ~0u;
             // Clear sign bit
             value = float.Abs(value);
             // Rectify values that are Infinity in Half. (float.Min now emits vminps instruction if one of two arguments is a constant)
@@ -1075,9 +1075,7 @@ public static explicit operator float(Half value)
             // Extract exponent bits of value (BiasedExponent is not for here as it performs unnecessary shift)
             uint offsetExponent = bitValueInProcess & HalfExponentMask;
             // ~0u when value is subnormal, 0 otherwise
-            uint subnormalMask = (uint)-Unsafe.BitCast<bool, byte>(offsetExponent == 0u);
-            // ~0u when value is either Infinity or NaN, 0 otherwise
-            int infinityOrNaNMask = Unsafe.BitCast<bool, byte>(offsetExponent == HalfExponentMask);
+            uint subnormalMask = offsetExponent == 0u ? ~0u : 0u;
             // 0x3880_0000u if value is subnormal, 0 otherwise
             uint maskedExponentLowerBound = subnormalMask & ExponentLowerBound;
             // 0x3880_0000u if value is subnormal, 0x3800_0000u otherwise
@@ -1085,7 +1083,7 @@ public static explicit operator float(Half value)
             // Match the position of the boundary of exponent bits and fraction bits with IEEE 754 Binary32(Single)
             bitValueInProcess <<= 13;
             // Double the offsetMaskedExponentLowerBound if value is either Infinity or NaN
-            offsetMaskedExponentLowerBound <<= infinityOrNaNMask;
+            offsetMaskedExponentLowerBound <<= offsetExponent == HalfExponentMask ? 1 : 0;
             // Extract exponent bits and fraction bits of value
             bitValueInProcess &= HalfToSingleBitsMask;
             // Adjust exponent to match the range of exponent