Pages, Numbers and Keynote keep saying they need an update

Hi
I've recently updated to Mavericks and have been throught the slew of iWork and iLife updates. All ran smoothly appart from the iWork apps. The app store reports them as being installed on the featured page but says they need updating on the updates page.
I originally bought iWork 09 on CD and had the latest versions of Pages etc installed prior to the mavericks update. All the apps updated correctly and I'm running Pages 5.0, Numbers 3.0 & Keynote 6.0 and all work but the app store keeps telling me I need to update again.
So far I've run the updates 3 times.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can get the app store to realise I've got the most uptodate versions installed?
Thanks

moretti wrote:
It's likely that an earlier version of iWork is still installed in your Applications folder. If so, remove the iWorks folder to the trash and this should end the update prompts.
NO! DO NOT move the iWorks folder to the trash!
If anything move the Pages 5 to the trash, if you value your work. Pages 5 has 90+ missing features and numerous bugs.
http://www.freeforum101.com/iworktipsntrick/viewtopic.php?t=432&mforum=iworktips ntrick
Peter

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