distributed

Everyday

1. Distributed means given out or shared among people or places. tree →
2. Distributed also means spread out over an area. tree →

In the lessons

maths: things shared out among people or groups, often equally (each gets total ÷ number); data spread across groups; science: seeds distributed by wind and animals; everyday life: food distributed to people in need, papers distributed to the class

Examples

• The teacher distributed 30 pencils to 10 students. tree →
• 48 apples were distributed equally into 6 baskets. tree →
• She distributed the cards to her friends. tree →
• How many did each get if 40 were distributed among 8? tree →
• Seeds are distributed by the wind. tree →
• Food was distributed after the flood. tree →
• The tests were distributed at 9 o'clock. tree →
• How unequally things are distributed in this world! tree →

Note

Usually division: each gets total ÷ number of people. Trap: if not «equally», you cannot divide; look for the amounts given to each.

In Jewish tradition

Sefer Yetzirah says God shared the letters among the seven planets and the twelve constellations, giving each a place in the world. In Joshua it also means that Moses shared out the land as inheritances to the tribes east of the Jordan.

Interpretation. Sefer Yetzirah sees order in how God shares out the letters. In Joshua, tradition reads the sharing out of the land as fair and guided by God.

Examples

• The "Sepher Yetzirah" consists of six chapters, having 33 paragraphs distributed among them, in this manner, the first has 12, then follow 5, 5, 4, 3, and 4. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• The ''Sepher Yetzirah " consists of six chapters, having 33 paragraphs distributed among them, in this manner, the first has 12, then follow 5, 5, 4, 3, and 4. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
• God has carried these through waters, He has borne them aloft through fire, and He has stamped them in the storms of the air; He has distributed them among the seven stars, and has assigned them to twelve celestial constellations. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887) tree →
• These are the inheritances which Moses distributed in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan at Jericho, eastward. (Prophets JOS.13.32, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Usually division: each gets total ÷ number of people. Trap: if not «equally», you cannot divide; look for the amounts given to each.