Hi chancie and welcome to the forum. Try this, it has often helped when the iPad gets a bit recalcitrant Reset your machine:
Simultaneously hold down the On/Off and Home buttons until the screen blacks out. Keep holding both until the white Apple logo appears and then let both go. Then wait until your wallpaper appears. Restart your iPad.
Regards, Andrew
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