Why won't my Apple Bluetooth keyboard hair with my iPad?

I have an iPad 3 and a silver Bluetooth Apple keyboard and it is always very difficult to pair them together anyone have any ideas?
It's very frustrating and I will buy a different keyboard if I need to? I waste a lot of time simply trying to pair, instead of getting work completed.
I love Apple products very much, this is an ongoing issue however.
Thanks for any thoughts!

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