diff --git a/src/Simulation/TargetDefinitions/Decompositions/ExpFrac.qs b/src/Simulation/TargetDefinitions/Decompositions/ExpFrac.qs
index e6f6c55a406..5a0bdeeb3f1 100644
--- a/src/Simulation/TargetDefinitions/Decompositions/ExpFrac.qs
+++ b/src/Simulation/TargetDefinitions/Decompositions/ExpFrac.qs
@@ -31,7 +31,9 @@ namespace Microsoft.Quantum.Intrinsic {
     /// Register to apply the given rotation to.
     @EnableTestingViaName("Test.TargetDefinitions.ExpFrac")
     operation ExpFrac (paulis : Pauli[], numerator : Int, power : Int, qubits : Qubit[]) : Unit is Adj + Ctl {
-        let angle = (PI() * IntAsDouble(numerator)) / IntAsDouble(2 ^ power);
+        // Note that power must be converted to a double and used with 2.0 instead of 2 to allow for
+        // negative exponents that result in a fractional denominator.
+        let angle = (PI() * IntAsDouble(numerator)) / (2.0 ^ IntAsDouble(power));
         Exp(paulis, angle, qubits);
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/Simulation/TargetDefinitions/Decompositions/RFrac.qs b/src/Simulation/TargetDefinitions/Decompositions/RFrac.qs
index e6c7e951643..2c1e1b7be37 100644
--- a/src/Simulation/TargetDefinitions/Decompositions/RFrac.qs
+++ b/src/Simulation/TargetDefinitions/Decompositions/RFrac.qs
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.Quantum.Intrinsic {
     /// ```
     @EnableTestingViaName("Test.TargetDefinitions.RFrac")
     operation RFrac (pauli : Pauli, numerator : Int, power : Int, qubit : Qubit) : Unit is Adj + Ctl {
+        // Note that power must be converted to a double and used with 2.0 instead of 2 to allow for
+        // negative exponents that result in a fractional denominator.
         let angle = ((-2.0 * PI()) * IntAsDouble(numerator)) / (2.0 ^ IntAsDouble(power));
         R(pauli, angle, qubit);
     }