I guess that this is my kiddo who I've always seen as "mathy" despite the lack of passion for the subject b/c it comes so easily, she doesn't need to do all of the steps like setting up proportions to know what needs to be done, and she is just rather creative about it in a way that shows good conceptual understanding to me. For instance, in 4th grade I think it was, while she wasn't doing what she was supposed to in math class she instead spent the time devising a new method to divide that was seriously complex but which worked.
I can certainly see defining "mathy" as passion and not just ability, though.
