Saving an updated numbers spreadsheet to icloud

Hi Everybody!
I'm trying to learn how to use the icloud and numbers to seamlessly move between i-devices.
I use Numbers a lot on my ipad, and have installed it on my desktop as well. 
I would like it if I could create a spreadsheet on my ipad and then update it on my laptop--and then save that updated version back to numbers in the icloud so that I can work on that same spreadsheet again on my ipad--just like on the commericials!!  
How do I do that???  I cannot seem to find what is "home base" and keep ending up with various versions of the same document in different, confusing places. 
How do i save that updated spreadsheet on my laptop back to the icloud????  There must be a simple solution for this that I'm just not seeing...
Thanks!!!

What a mess it all is too! We have Numbers only to find you can't save spreadsheets to iCloud.
So - unbelievably for having paid a fortune for i-Pads we send them via e-mail (in Excel form nobody else but Apple understands Numbers) to our computers (also Macs but that may change if this stupidity is going to continue with Apple)
On arrival - Save to where ever - THEN we open Google Docs (who understand how to make these things simple) - drag and drop into browser of Google Docs - it is there in seconds and you can work on it in a browser both from ANY computer and the iPad (but it makes it less enjoyable because unlike Googledocs, the iPad insists YOU must click 'submit' for each line or entry you put in or edit.
Hope that helps you.
Just to say, it is beyond belief that the iPad won't just connect to the ether and work simply  through a browser like Google Docs does. Believe there are plans somewhere for a tablet with no apps just a connection to the ether ......

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