How to bring xls files to numbers

Is there a way to bring my microsoft works xls file into inumbers?

Did it without conversion software. In pc Works, saved the works file as an excel file, put excel file into dropbox and opened dropbox in Mac-mini with Numbers.
Thanks for giving me the idea to convert to excel.

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