Open the App Store application. If necessary, sign in. Press the key combination ⌘0 or select Store
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. If you previously downloaded Numbers, then you should be able to download the older version from the webpage.
I have Catalina installed on a 2013 iMac. Below is an example for the Pages application. I can not show an example for the Numbers application, because I already have Numbers installed.
User Tom Gewecke has pointed outIf you never downloaded Numbers previously, then you may wish to try one of the following.
But if for some reason you never downloaded it previously, you are out of luck.
Below are possible solutionsalternatives given below.
- Find someone you has purchased Numbers. Use their account to download Numbers to your Mac.
- Find another Mac with a version of Numbers compatible with your Mac and migrate to your Mac.
- Find a machine running Big Sur or newer, which does not have Numbers installed. Use your account to install Numbers on that machine, then go back to your Mac and install Numbers. See my other answer for an example.