August 2023
Problem of the Month

Hidden Math Words



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:

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


Send any comments or questions to: David Pleacher