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BY BILL FERRIS

Welcome back from a long weekend. In this week’s by the numbers, we’ve got the answers to questions you’ll be asked in your next job interview, open-source ideas for educators, and some cool arithmetricks. Or, if you prefer, mathemagic. What’s that? You hate both of those puns? Fine, math tricks. Happy now?

Whatever you want to call them, you can read about them after the jump.

15 Popular Interview Questions Answered
If you’re still looking for a teaching job, or you’d like to find a new one some time soon, it pays to be as prepared as possible. The Apple has a list of 15 questions you’re likely to encounter in a job interview. Practice your responses to these queries so you can nail the interview and start collecting paychecks again.

55 Ways to Bring Open Source into Education
We’re fans of open source tools here at Instructify. A lot of folks, including school decision-makers, still aren’t hep to the open-source ethos, though. You can make some inroads by introducing some of these great tools into your school. LinuxPlanet has a rundown of great ideas broken down by subject (biology, math, elementary) or interest area (administration, content management, e-learning, etc.). There’s something here for everyone, and can save you and your school a lot of money.

9 Mental Math Tricks
Amaze your students and be a delight at dinner parties by flaunting these stunning mathematical tricks from DailyCognition.com. Multiply by nine, 11, 125, or two numbers that differ by a small even number. These are just a few of the tricks you can learn, and then impart to your students. Even in an age where everyone has a calculator-equipped cell phone, using the ol’ noggin for your figuring is a skill that never fails to impress.

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