When I turn on the ipad a box asking for a passcode comes up but it is for entering

When I now turn on my ipad a box comes up asking for Passcode but it is showing #'s with small letters below like a telephone.  I think I accidentlty pushed a button in Settings that made this happen.  Trying soooo hard to learn the ipad and haven't been to the Apple store because of a bad back.  Help me please! 

That means that a Passcode was set for the iPad. You need the Passcode in order to unlock the device now. Even if you didn't set it or don't remember setting it, there is no way to retrieve it now. The only way to unlock the iPad is by restoring the device.
You want to use the same computer that you always sync with so that you can restore your iTunes content. You can restore with any other computer, but you will lose everything on the iPad.
Instructions can be found here.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1212
You may need to restore using Recovery Mode. You can read about it here.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht4097
If you are new to the iPad, this might come in handy.
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/ipad_user_guide.pdf

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