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How does she do if you give her
a JMC paper for example?
I have insufficient math background to figure out how to begin to tackle most of those problems, so can't scaffold them for her.
Err, what? You may lack confidence but you don't lack maths background! None of these require anything beyond about 5th grade maths. Look again...
And she's been underchallenged long enough that she's unwilling to attempt a problem that she can't figure out how to solve in a minute or two.
That's the problem that needs to be fixed... But seriously, I think you'll find she *can* figure out most of these in a minute or two, if you can get her (and you!) over the "this isn't a familiar question type" hurdle. And getting over that is absolutely crucial...
