Querying Database With Large Decimal

Im having an issue where if I have a large decimal that I am using in my queryFilter to query the database with, the query crashes.

a!queryFilter(
field: "minDevCost",
operator: "<=",
value: ri!devCost
),
a!queryFilter(
field: "maxDevCost",
operator: ">=",
value: ri!devCost
)

The CDT field is a numeric (Decimal).

If I enter in a decimal of 9000000000, the query crashes.
if I enter in a decimal of 9000000000.00, then the query processes fine.

However, I cannot force the number to have 2 decimal places as if I use the text function
text(9000000000, "###############.##")
I get back N/A

I tried the fixed function as well and this did not work.

Any other suggestions to get this to work?

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