diff --git a/src/builtins.rs b/src/builtins.rs
index e288944..fb1cb9e 100644
--- a/src/builtins.rs
+++ b/src/builtins.rs
@@ -221,6 +221,32 @@ impl StrInst {
         StrInst::create(format!("'{}'", escaped)).into()
     }
 
+    pub(crate) fn to_int(vm: &mut Vm, _state: FunctionState) -> FunctionResult {
+        let parsed: Result<i64, _> =
+            with_obj_downcast(vm.frame_stack()[0].clone(), |str_inst: &StrInst| {
+                str_inst.str_value().parse()
+            });
+        match parsed {
+            Ok(int) => IntInst::create(int).into(),
+            // TODO StrInst::to_int - throw an exception when we fail to parse an integer
+            // BLOCKED-ON - exceptions
+            Err(e) => todo!("error parsing string to an integer: {}", e),
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn to_float(vm: &mut Vm, _state: FunctionState) -> FunctionResult {
+        let parsed: Result<f64, _> =
+            with_obj_downcast(vm.frame_stack()[0].clone(), |str_inst: &StrInst| {
+                str_inst.str_value().parse()
+            });
+        match parsed {
+            Ok(float) => FloatInst::create(float).into(),
+            // TODO StrInst::to_int - throw an exception when we fail to parse an integer
+            // BLOCKED-ON - exceptions
+            Err(e) => todo!("error parsing string to a float: {}", e),
+        }
+    }
+
     pub(crate) fn len(vm: &mut Vm, _state: FunctionState) -> FunctionResult {
         let len = with_obj_downcast(vm.frame_stack()[0].clone(), |str_inst: &StrInst| {
             str_inst.str_value().len() as i64
@@ -318,6 +344,15 @@ macro_rules! int_bin_op_logical {
 }
 
 impl IntInst {
+    pub(crate) fn to_int(_vm: &mut Vm, _state: FunctionState) -> FunctionResult {
+        FunctionResult::Return
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn to_float(vm: &mut Vm, _state: FunctionState) -> FunctionResult {
+        let int_value = with_obj_downcast(vm.frame_stack()[0].clone(), IntInst::int_value);
+        FloatInst::create(int_value as f64).into()
+    }
+
     int_bin_op_math!(add, +);
     int_bin_op_math!(sub, -);
 
@@ -428,6 +463,15 @@ macro_rules! float_bin_op_logical {
 }
 
 impl FloatInst {
+    pub(crate) fn to_int(vm: &mut Vm, _state: FunctionState) -> FunctionResult {
+        let float_value = with_obj_downcast(vm.frame_stack()[0].clone(), FloatInst::float_value);
+        IntInst::create(float_value as i64).into()
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn to_float(_vm: &mut Vm, _state: FunctionState) -> FunctionResult {
+        FunctionResult::Return
+    }
+
     float_bin_op_math!(add, +);
     float_bin_op_math!(sub, -);
     float_bin_op_math!(mul, *);
diff --git a/src/obj.rs b/src/obj.rs
index 543fb28..2d090c5 100644
--- a/src/obj.rs
+++ b/src/obj.rs
@@ -118,11 +118,14 @@ pub fn init_types() {
         base_type: Type,
         // type definitions
         Type {
-            // Method conversion
+            // Conversion methods
             to_str => BuiltinFunctionInst::create("to_str", BaseObjInst::to_str, 1),
             to_repr => BuiltinFunctionInst::create("to_repr", BaseObjInst::to_repr, 1),
             to_bool => BuiltinFunctionInst::create("to_bool", BaseObjInst::to_bool, 1),
+            to_int => BuiltinFunctionInst::create("to_int", BaseObjInst::not_implemented_un, 1),
+            to_float => BuiltinFunctionInst::create("to_float", BaseObjInst::not_implemented_un, 1),
             len => BuiltinFunctionInst::create("len", BaseObjInst::not_implemented_un, 1),
+
             // Operators
             __add__ => BuiltinFunctionInst::create("__add__", BaseObjInst::not_implemented_bin, 2),
             __sub__ => BuiltinFunctionInst::create("__sub__", BaseObjInst::not_implemented_bin, 2),
@@ -142,15 +145,23 @@ pub fn init_types() {
         },
         Obj { },
         Str {
+            // Conversion methods
             to_str => BuiltinFunctionInst::create("to_str", StrInst::to_str, 1),
             to_repr => BuiltinFunctionInst::create("to_repr", StrInst::to_repr, 1),
+            to_int => BuiltinFunctionInst::create("to_int", StrInst::to_int, 1),
+            to_float => BuiltinFunctionInst::create("to_float", StrInst::to_float, 1),
             len => BuiltinFunctionInst::create("len", StrInst::len, 1),
+
             // Operators
             __add__ => BuiltinFunctionInst::create("__add__", StrInst::add, 2),
             __mul__ => BuiltinFunctionInst::create("__mul__", StrInst::mul, 2),
             // .lower, .upper, .slice, etc
         },
         Int {
+            // Conversion methods
+            to_int => BuiltinFunctionInst::create("to_int", IntInst::to_int, 1),
+            to_float => BuiltinFunctionInst::create("to_float", IntInst::to_float, 1),
+
             // Operators
             __add__ => BuiltinFunctionInst::create("__add__", IntInst::add, 2),
             __sub__ => BuiltinFunctionInst::create("__sub__", IntInst::sub, 2),
@@ -165,11 +176,15 @@ pub fn init_types() {
             __neg__ => BuiltinFunctionInst::create("__neg__", IntInst::neg, 1),
         },
         Float {
+            // Conversion methods
+            to_int => BuiltinFunctionInst::create("to_int", FloatInst::to_int, 1),
+            to_float => BuiltinFunctionInst::create("to_float", FloatInst::to_float, 1),
+
+            // Operators
             __add__ => BuiltinFunctionInst::create("__add__", FloatInst::add, 2),
             __sub__ => BuiltinFunctionInst::create("__sub__", FloatInst::sub, 2),
             __mul__ => BuiltinFunctionInst::create("__mul__", FloatInst::mul, 2),
             __div__ => BuiltinFunctionInst::create("__div__", FloatInst::div, 2),
-
             __gt__ => BuiltinFunctionInst::create("__gt__", FloatInst::gt, 2),
             __ge__ => BuiltinFunctionInst::create("__ge__", FloatInst::ge, 2),
             __lt__ => BuiltinFunctionInst::create("__lt__", FloatInst::lt, 2),