IPad 4th Gen Battery Concerns

Greetings to all,
I just recently picked up and iPad 4th Generation (32GB).
And when the battery got to about 10% I decided to plug it in.
After doing so, I continued to use the iPad.
I found that while using the iPad during charging it was, slowly but surely, depleting the battery.
Now I put the device in sleep mode, came back 15 minutes later and it had gained 5% charge.
Is this normal? Am I not suppose to use the iPad while charging?
Would really like to know. Any help is graetly appreciated.
Thanks to all!

How are you charging it?
The iPad has a very large battery, it will take quite a bit longer than charging an iPhone or iPod. It will charge best with the include 10 watt charger even while you are using it although it will charge a little slower while using it. Using a smaller iPhone charger or a computer's USB port the iPad will charge very slowly and probably discharge if you use it.

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