Q: Gas Mileage Template Gone

When I originally download Numbers for the iPad a couple of years ago, there was a template to track gas mileage. I used it often for trips.

The template filled in the last mileage and did other calculations for each entry.

Several months ago, I could not get into Numbers because it kept saying it was ‘waiting’. Don’t know what it was waiting for, so I researched that on line. Others had the same problem. I ended up downloading Numbers onto the iPad again, however the latest version did not have that same template. Nothing even close.

Then while looking for an answer to my question today , I found this forum response when a newbie asked a question about a mileage template: “Gas mileage is just miles traveled/gal. of gas used. One hardly needs a template for that.” True, but that was not an appropriate answer, especially since the template had much more than that simple calculation.

Worse yet, I cannot find my spreadsheets on the iPad after the ‘new’ installation.

I looked on my iMac and MacBookPro  for copies that I thought I had saved. Nothing.

Then, I wondered if they had the same file extension on the iPad [.numbers].

On the iPad, I generated a test spreadsheet from the blank template.

Attached the iPad to the iMac and used iTunes to look at application data.

Nothing under Numbers!  But, I just created it. I can see it on the iPad. Exited iTunes and unplugged the iPad then went through the same process again.

What  happened to my spreadsheets on the iPad after the redownload?

Why can’t I see the test spreadsheet I just created?

Is the file extension .numbers?

I do not use the cloud for backups. Those server farms must use beaucoup energy.

Thanks for your help.

PS

I can make my own in Numbers, but I just want to know what is going on .