diff --git a/ethutil/big_test.go b/ethutil/big_test.go
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+package ethutil
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestMisc(t *testing.T) {
+	a := Big("10")
+	b := Big("57896044618658097711785492504343953926634992332820282019728792003956564819968")
+	c := []byte{1, 2, 3, 4}
+	fmt.Println(b)
+	z := BitTest(a, 1)
+	fmt.Println(z)
+
+	U256(a)
+	S256(a)
+
+	U256(b)
+	S256(b)
+
+	BigD(c)
+}
+
+func TestBigMax(t *testing.T) {
+	a := Big("10")
+	b := Big("5")
+
+	max1 := BigMax(a, b)
+	if max1 != a {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %d got %d", a, max1)
+	}
+
+	max2 := BigMax(b, a)
+	if max2 != a {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %d got %d", a, max2)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBigMin(t *testing.T) {
+	a := Big("10")
+	b := Big("5")
+
+	min1 := BigMin(a, b)
+	if min1 != b {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %d got %d", b, min1)
+	}
+
+	min2 := BigMin(b, a)
+	if min2 != b {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %d got %d", b, min2)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestBigCopy(t *testing.T) {
+	a := Big("10")
+	b := BigCopy(a)
+	c := Big("1000000000000")
+	y := BigToBytes(b, 16)
+	z := BigToBytes(c, 16)
+	fmt.Println(y)
+	fmt.Println(z)
+}