Can you determine each eight letter math word in the three puzzles below from the given clues?

Puzzle 1: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

Clue #1: My first letter is found in   ANGLE   but not found in   LINE
Clue #2: My second letter is found in   KITE   but not found in   DISK
Clue #3: My fourth letter is found in   LIMIT   but not found in   INTEGRAL
Clue #4: My fifth letter is found in   LEMMA   but not found in   LOGARITHM
Clue #5: My sixth letter is found in   INTERVAL   but not found in   INVERSE
Clue #6: My eighth letter is found in   INFINITY   but not found in   INFINITE


Puzzle 2: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

Clue #1: My first letter is found in   PRODUCT   but not found in   UNCOUNTABLE
Clue #2: My second letter is found in   THOUSAND   but not found in   HUNDRED
Clue #3: My third letter is found in   APOTHEM   but not found in   HYPERBOLA
Clue #4: My fifth letter is found in   AXIOM   but not found in   AXIS
Clue #5: My sixth letter is found in   NEGATIVE   but not found in   AVERAGE
Clue #6: My seventh letter is found in   BASE   but not found in   BISECT
Clue #7: My eighth letter is found in   SCALAR   but not found in   ARCSINE


Puzzle 3: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

Clue #1: My first letter is found in   CUBE   but not found in   SQUARE
Clue #2: My second letter is found in   ELLIPSE   but not found in   PARABOLA
Clue #3: My fourth letter is found in   VOLUME   but not found in   PERIMETER
Clue #4: My fifth letter is found in   TERM   but not found in   THREE
Clue #5: My sixth letter is found in   AXIS   but not found in   AXES
Clue #6: My seventh letter is found in   CALCULUS   but not found in   TRIGONOMETRY

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Solution to the Problem:


The three words are:
Puzzle 1: GEOMETRY
Puzzle 2: RATIONAL
Puzzle 3: BINOMIAL



Correctly solved by:

1. Heather Widener Falls Church, Virginia, USA
2. Rob Miles Northbrook, Illinois, USA
3. Ivy Joseph Pune, Maharashtra, India
4. K.Sengupta Calcutta, INDIA
5. Seth Cohen Concord, New Hampshire, USA
6. Davit Banana Istanbul, Turkey
7. Dr. Hari Kishan D.N. College,
Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India
8. Colin (Yowie) Bowey Beechworth, Victoria, Australia
9. Kelly Stubblefield Mobile, Alabama, USA