diff --git a/src/containers.jl b/src/containers.jl
index 2d68998cdf1..737bf6f92aa 100644
--- a/src/containers.jl
+++ b/src/containers.jl
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 include("JuMPArray.jl")
 
 validarrayindexset(::Base.OneTo) = true
-validarrayindexset(r::UnitRange) = start(r) == 1
+validarrayindexset(r::UnitRange) = first(r) == 1
 validarrayindexset(s) = false
 
 """
diff --git a/src/operators.jl b/src/operators.jl
index 30cc7b16386..b8916d72db1 100644
--- a/src/operators.jl
+++ b/src/operators.jl
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ Base.:*(lhs::AbstractJuMPScalar) = lhs # make this more generic so extensions do
 Base.:+(lhs::AbstractVariableRef, rhs::Number) = (+)( rhs,lhs)
 Base.:-(lhs::AbstractVariableRef, rhs::Number) = (+)(-rhs,lhs)
 Base.:*(lhs::AbstractVariableRef, rhs::Number) = (*)(rhs,lhs)
-Base.:/(lhs::AbstractVariableRef, rhs::Number) = (*)(1./rhs,lhs)
+Base.:/(lhs::AbstractVariableRef, rhs::Number) = (*)(1.0/rhs,lhs)
 # AbstractVariableRef--AbstractVariableRef
 Base.:+(lhs::V, rhs::V) where V <: AbstractVariableRef = GenericAffExpr(0.0, lhs => 1.0, rhs => 1.0)
 Base.:-(lhs::V, rhs::V) where V <: AbstractVariableRef = GenericAffExpr(0.0, lhs => 1.0, rhs => -1.0)