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What is a score in reference to time?
A score means 20, so fourscore and seven years is 87 years (20*4 + 7,) and threescore and six days is 67 days (20*3 + 7)
When talking about years four score and seven equals how many years?
A score = 20 years, so:4 x 20 = 8080 + 7 =8787Abraham Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address in 1863 and said "Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." If you subtract 87 years from the year 1863, you get 1776; the year our forefathers signed the Declaration of Independence.
Why does 'score' equal 50?
In fact, score does not equal 50 - score equals 20. "Four score and seven years ago" is equal to 4 x 20 + 7 = 87 years.
Is 4 scores and 7 years equal to 5 decades?
Nope - four score and seven years is 87. Which is eight decades.
How many months are in 43 years?
There are exactly three years and seven months.
What is a score equal to?
'score' = 20 "Fourscore and seven" = 87 years ago.
How many years is fourscore and seven years ago?
fourscore and seven years ago means 87 years ago
What do call 20 years?
Twenty years is a score, as in "Fourscore and seven years ago..." Fourscore and seven equals 87.
How many years are 'fourscore and seven'?
A "score" is twenty, so four score and seven = 87.
How did Abraham Lincoln's most famous speech begin?
Fourscore and seven years ago . . .
How old is fourscore and five years?
How old is Fourscore and five years old
Whats the last 6 word in of the gettyburg address?
shall not perish from the earth.
How many years is fourscore?
It is 80 years.
Did Abraham Lincoln have anything to do with the declaration of independence?
The connection is that Lincoln began his Gettysburg Address in 1863 with the words: "Fourscore and nineteen years ago". The preceeding answer is INCORRECT. Do the math: 1863 minus 1776 equals 87 (fourscore and seven). Look at the Gettysburg Address and READ the first sentence. You will se it starts: "Fourscore and SEVEN years ago"....
How many eggs in a score?
Do you remember Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address? It was delivered in 1863, 87 years after the 1776 US Declaration of Independence. It began, "Fourscore and seven years ago ..." A 'score' is just another way of saying 20. Twenty of anything. It's similar to 'dozen' being just another way of saying 12. Fourscore is four times 20, or 80. Fourscore and seven is 80 plus seven, or 87. Lincoln could have begun his speech by saying, "Eighty seven years ago." But, "Fourscore and seven years ago" was a much more memorable way of expressing the same time frame. Way back then, eloquent oratory was a highly valued skill. Unlike today, with 'Yo, dude' and its ilk.
Subtract fourscore and seven years from 1863?
A score is 20 so four score and 7 is 87. 1863- 87 = 1776 .
What has the author Francis Bertie Boyce written?
Francis Bertie Boyce has written: 'Fourscore years and seven' -- subject(s): Biography, Church of England, Clergy
