Can I pair my wireless apple keyboard (spring 2008) with iPad?

I have a wireless keyboard from an older iMac (mid 2008) and have tried to pair it with my iPad but it's not working. Is that because the keyboard is an earlier model?

http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4112
 Cheers, Tom

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