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mac – Microsoft/Windows keyboard number pad with macOS

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I recently purchased a Microsoft keyboard with a number pad.

When trying to use the Mac calculator app with the number pad I have an issue where typing a number will clear out previous numbers.

E.g if I wanted to type 100 in the calculator, I would press 1 0 0. However the result that shows in the calculator is not 100, but just 0, because it was the last number I pressed.

Example:

Are my mappings incorrect and causing this issue?

Edit:

Using Key Codes to check what each key on the numpad does:

1 on the numpad, seems to provide two key down events:

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