I disagree, translating from "2 for (him + her + him + him + her)" to "2 for him + 2 for her + 2 for him + 2 for him + 2 for her" is using the distributive prop

I disagree, translating from "2 for (him + her + him + him + her)" to "2 for him + 2 for her + 2 for him + 2 for him + 2 for her" is using the distributive property of multiplication. The sentence "2 for him and 2 for her and 2 for him and 2 for him and 2 for her" is unnatural and not the way people generally think (unless they're just tallying up but then we're not even talking about multiplication anymore, a tally rarely consists of all equal numbers)