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Distribution comes from the word distribute and can have different meanings.

One meaning of distribution is supplying something or giving something to people.

For example:

After the earthquake, distribution of free food and water began as quickly as possible.

Distribution is also a concept related to statistics - see Exercise 6.


	give things to a lot of people
	supply things to people
	keep something away from people
	share something among people

Which answers below are closest to this meaning of distribution? Choose the 3 correct answers.

Response:

	give things to a lot of people
	share something among people
	keep something away from people
	supply things to people

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Distribution can also mean the amount of something that exists in a specific area, or among specific groups.

For example:

Today more people speak Mandarin Chinese than English. However, this one fact does not give us the whole picture. To understand what this really means, we also need to look at the distribution of Chinese and English speakers throughout the world.


	The English language is more widely distributed than Chinese.
	Most people who speak Chinese live in only a few countries in the world.
	There are more countries with English speakers than countries with Chinese speakers.
	More people speak English than Chinese.

Now it's your turn to guess. How do you think Chinese and English speakers are distributed throughout the world? Choose the 3 correct answers.

Response:

	There are more countries with English speakers than countries with Chinese speakers.
	More people speak English than Chinese.
	The English language is more widely distributed than Chinese.
	Most people who speak Chinese live in only a few countries in the world.

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The term "frequency distribution" comes from the field of descriptive statistics.
A frequency distribution is a set of numbers that shows how frequently each number appears in the set.

This exercise shows how frequency distributions can help us to summarize large sets of data.

Read the paragraph and answer the question below.


	Grade 1 has the lowest number of students.
	Grade 3 has the highest number of students.
	Grades 2 and 4 have the same amount of students.
	Many more students started first grade in 2015, compared to previous years.

What Can We Learn from a Distribution?

If we plot the number of students onto a graph, we get what is called a distribution curve. This gives us a visual summary or representation of the data set.

The distribution curve below shows that last year, a school had a total of 280 students. These students were distributed over five grade levels as follows:

30 students in 1st grade, 60 students in 2nd grade, 90 students in 3rd grade, 60 students in 4th grade and 40 students in 5th grade.

Which sentences below are correct according to this distribution curve? Choose the 3 correct answers.

Response:

	Grade 3 has the highest number of students.
	Many more students started first grade in 2015, compared to previous years.
	Grades 2 and 4 have the same amount of students.
	Grade 1 has the lowest number of students.