Can't open spreadsheet 3.2 in numbers '09

Made spreadsheets on my Macbook Pro with Numbers 3.2 (Mavericks) which is in reparation at the moment. Trying to open these spreadsheets at our IMac with Numbers '09 but:
you need a newer version of Numbers to open this spreadsheet etc...
Don't want Mavericks on our Imac cause I had lots of troubles after downloading it at my Macbook. Mail crashes, Iphoto troubles, etc. etc. and everything so slow... Our administration is at the Imac and I can't risk losing any of those files! Upgrade is € 17,99 and I've files from Pages and Keynote also! Is there an other solution?

Hi Crescentia,
Before you delete any update, take a look here:
Wayne Contello has written a User Tip for working with the old and new versions of iWork.
https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-6991
The trick is to drag icons for both versions to your Dock. Right click or control click on each and Options > Keep in Dock. That puts you in charge of which version you launch.
Here is a screen shot of both Numbers icons on my Dock.
Numbers 2.3 (Numbers '09) on the left with a three column graph.
Numbers 3.2 on the right with a four column graph.
Both versions will run happily together. Just be sure which version is opening your document.
Instead of double clicking the document, run whichever version of Numbers/Pages/Keynote suits and use File > Open.
Regards,
Ian.
P.S. you may want to update your profile iMac, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.5) to OS X Mavericks? . Ian.

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