Abraham 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.
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.
Four times twenty is eighty. Add 7 and you get 87. *~* FINAL ANSWER*~* 87 Answer by Jackarooster
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A score is 20. So 40 score would be 800... but I'm guessing you are asking about the Gettysburg Address "four-score and seven years ago..." which means "87 years ago..."
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As a score is 20 years, 4 score and 7 years equals 87 years.
87. A score is 20yrs.
Twenty years is a score, as in "Fourscore and seven years ago..." Fourscore and seven equals 87.
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.
Four score and seven equals 87 years. A score is an old word for 20. So, 4 time 20 is 80, and then seven is added to that.
Lincoln's Emancipation was proclaimed great honor and contact officicated in glory.
A score is equal to twenty. "Four score and seven years" is eighty-seven years.
One score is 20 years so four score (80) and seven years ago would be 87 years.
a score, as in "Four score and seven years..."
87 A score is 20 years.
Four times twenty is eighty. Add 7 and you get 87. *~* FINAL ANSWER*~* 87 Answer by Jackarooster
A "score" is twenty, so four score and seven = 87.