A score is 20 years so four score means 80 and add 7 years to that?
A "score" is equal to 20 years, so four score would be 4 times 20, which is 80 years. Adding 10 years to that gives a total of 90 years. Therefore, 4 score and 10 equals 90 years.
four = 4, score = 20. 4 score is 4 x 20 = 80
Four times twenty is eighty. Add 7 and you get 87. *~* FINAL ANSWER*~* 87 Answer by Jackarooster
A score is a 'group of 20' in numbers. So, that would be 20 years. Lincoln's 'four score and seven' was to indicate 87 years.
Four score years, or eight decades.
A score is 20, so four-score is 80.
Four score refers to 80 years, as a "score" is equal to 20 years. Therefore, four score is calculated as 4 times 20, which equals 80.
A "score" is equal to 20 years, so four score would be 4 times 20, which is 80 years. Adding 10 years to that gives a total of 90 years. Therefore, 4 score and 10 equals 90 years.
90 years
Fourscore and seven years is a phrase that means 87 years. "Score" refers to a period of 20 years, so four score would be 80 years, plus an additional 7 years makes a total of 87.
A score is twenty years. So four score and seven is (4 X 20) + 7 years or 87 years. However, the usual quote is three score and ten years (70 years) which represented the life expectancy in those days.
four = 4, score = 20. 4 score is 4 x 20 = 80
four-score years - is 80. A score is another name for twenty.
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.
A score is a 'group of 20' in numbers. So, that would be 20 years. Lincoln's 'four score and seven' was to indicate 87 years.
Four score years, or eight decades.