Can't Open Numbers file, wrong format

Hello I have Numbers version 3.2
I have a friend who has created 3 numbers spreadsheets. I can not open them on my mac.
On my Mac with mavericks , I get error can't open file. I checked console and got detailed message "8/13/14 8:04:54.759 PM Numbers[284]: *** Assertion failure #2: -[TSAImportController prepareForImportDisplayingProgress:] TSAImportController.m:292 Could not create importer for document at /Users/bill/Desktop/2014 Conference Spreadsheet.numbers."
8/13/14 8:57:17.690 PM Numbers[284]: *** Assertion failure #3: -[TSAImportController prepareForImportDisplayingProgress:] TSAImportController.m:292 Could not create importer for document at /Users/bill/Library/Containers/com.apple.mail/Data/Library/Mail Downloads/A527BF91-859C-4348-881E-9F90D8F5EFBC/2013 990.numbers.
What does this indicate, they can take the same file and make it an Xcel and I can open.
I tried to move the file over to the cloud and open , and I get error 'invalid file format" what is going on here ?

Update #3 .. I tried to install an old version of numbers. Interesting enough files still error, but they error with the error reported on iCloud. "could not open file, wrong format" console : 8/14/14 8:23:49.220 PM Numbers[425]: Error opening document in -[SFAppApplicationDelegate(Private) doCoordinatedReadWorkForURL:]. No NSError provided

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