diff --git a/benchmark/numeric_methods.yml b/benchmark/numeric_methods.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..433c2268a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/benchmark/numeric_methods.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+prelude: |
+  int = 42
+  flo = 4.2
+benchmark:
+  real?: |
+    int.real?
+  integer?: |
+    flo.integer?
+  finite?: |
+    int.finite?
+  infinite?: |
+    int.infinite?
+loop_count: 20000000
diff --git a/numeric.c b/numeric.c
index bcc0ab7c61..167eed6068 100644
--- a/numeric.c
+++ b/numeric.c
@@ -710,35 +710,6 @@ num_divmod(VALUE x, VALUE y)
     return rb_assoc_new(num_div(x, y), num_modulo(x, y));
 }
 
-/*
- *  call-seq:
- *     num.real?  ->  true or false
- *
- *  Returns +true+ if +num+ is a real number (i.e. not Complex).
- */
-
-static VALUE
-num_real_p(VALUE num)
-{
-    return Qtrue;
-}
-
-/*
- *  call-seq:
- *     num.integer?  ->  true or false
- *
- *  Returns +true+ if +num+ is an Integer.
- *
- *      1.0.integer?   #=> false
- *      1.integer?     #=> true
- */
-
-static VALUE
-num_int_p(VALUE num)
-{
-    return Qfalse;
-}
-
 /*
  *  call-seq:
  *     num.abs        ->  numeric
@@ -824,31 +795,6 @@ num_nonzero_p(VALUE num)
     return num;
 }
 
-/*
- *  call-seq:
- *     num.finite?  ->  true or false
- *
- *  Returns +true+ if +num+ is a finite number, otherwise returns +false+.
- */
-static VALUE
-num_finite_p(VALUE num)
-{
-    return Qtrue;
-}
-
-/*
- *  call-seq:
- *     num.infinite?  ->  -1, 1, or nil
- *
- *  Returns +nil+, -1, or 1 depending on whether the value is
- *  finite, <code>-Infinity</code>, or <code>+Infinity</code>.
- */
-static VALUE
-num_infinite_p(VALUE num)
-{
-    return Qnil;
-}
-
 /*
  *  call-seq:
  *     num.to_int  ->  integer
@@ -5430,12 +5376,8 @@ Init_Numeric(void)
     rb_define_method(rb_cNumeric, "magnitude", num_abs, 0);
     rb_define_method(rb_cNumeric, "to_int", num_to_int, 0);
 
-    rb_define_method(rb_cNumeric, "real?", num_real_p, 0);
-    rb_define_method(rb_cNumeric, "integer?", num_int_p, 0);
     rb_define_method(rb_cNumeric, "zero?", num_zero_p, 0);
     rb_define_method(rb_cNumeric, "nonzero?", num_nonzero_p, 0);
-    rb_define_method(rb_cNumeric, "finite?", num_finite_p, 0);
-    rb_define_method(rb_cNumeric, "infinite?", num_infinite_p, 0);
 
     rb_define_method(rb_cNumeric, "floor", num_floor, -1);
     rb_define_method(rb_cNumeric, "ceil", num_ceil, -1);
diff --git a/numeric.rb b/numeric.rb
index 0746a83820..0c191c01c0 100644
--- a/numeric.rb
+++ b/numeric.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,49 @@
+class Numeric
+  #
+  #  call-seq:
+  #     num.real?  ->  true or false
+  #
+  #  Returns +true+ if +num+ is a real number (i.e. not Complex).
+  # 
+  def real?
+    return true
+  end
+
+  #
+  #  call-seq:
+  #     num.integer?  ->  true or false
+  #
+  #  Returns +true+ if +num+ is an Integer.
+  #
+  #      1.0.integer?   #=> false
+  #      1.integer?     #=> true
+  # 
+  def integer?
+    return false
+  end
+
+  #
+  #  call-seq:
+  #     num.finite?  ->  true or false
+  #
+  #  Returns +true+ if +num+ is a finite number, otherwise returns +false+.
+  #
+  def finite?
+    return true
+  end
+
+  #
+  #  call-seq:
+  #     num.infinite?  ->  -1, 1, or nil
+  #
+  #  Returns +nil+, -1, or 1 depending on whether the value is
+  #  finite, <code>-Infinity</code>, or <code>+Infinity</code>.
+  #
+  def infinite?
+    return nil
+  end
+end
+
 class Integer
   # call-seq:
   #    -int  ->  integer