iOS Numbers keyboards are cumbersome

If you use Numbers on your iPad, and you upgraded Numbers recently, you have noticed they changed data input: no more 10-key pad. (Big mistake, lots of users furious.)

From the 'Apple iWork for iOS' community I learned that you can enter the grey characters that appear on the formula-keyboard by swiping down on the key.

Three important things to know about the new Numbers.

1) There are three keyboards. A formula-keyboard (containing grey characters and a formula bar) and, an alphabetic-keyboard. Both keyboards have a '123' key that displays a third keyboard, with numbers and symbols, the 123-keyboard.

2) The contents of a cell, and the keyboard that entered the contents, determines the default keyboard that appears when double-tapping a cell or tapping a cell then tapping the 'green circle containing a keyboard icon'.

3) Which keyboard is a cell's default keyboard?

a) The 123-keyboard is never the default keyboard.

b) The formula-keyboard is the default keyboard for i) all cells containing formulas, and ii) digits entered via the formula-keyboard, or the formula-keyboard's123-keyboard.

c) The alphabetic-keyboard is the default keyboard for everything else, including digits entered via the alphabetic-keyboard and existing digits entered from previous versions of Numbers.

To get to the cells default keyboard either:

1) double-tap a cell,

OR

2) tap a cell then tap the 'green circle containing a keyboard icon' (bottom right of sheet)

THEN

3) If the alphabetic-keyboard appears, tap the 'black square containing an '=' symbol' (upper left corner of the keyboard). The keyboard will change - grey characters will appear and a formula bar, this is the formula-keyboard. Then, a) swipe down on the grey characters, OR b) tap the '123' key and enter the digits, then tap 'return' to move to the next cell in the column, tap 'tab' to move to the next cell in the row and repeat. The keyboard will change to the next cell's default keyboard.

(By the way, Apple needs to at least bring back the 10-keypad for number-formatted cells and the date-keypad for date formatted cells.)