87.
It was the time that had elapsed since the Declaration of Independence, when Lincoln made the Gettysburg Address.
Lincoln used this bibilical way of talking, to try to add gravitas to the Address, because he wasn't satisfied with it.
87.
It was the time that had elapsed since the Declaration of Independence, when Lincoln made the Gettysburg Address.
Lincoln used this bibilical way of talking, to try to add gravitas to the Address, because he wasn't satisfied with it.
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.
A score is 20 years so four score means 80 and add 7 years to that?
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
Four score years, or eight decades.
A "score" is twenty, so four score and seven = 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 score and seven years" which indicates 87 years (4x20 +7), the time between the Declaration of Independence (July 4, 1776) and the Gettysburg Address (November 19, 1863).87a score is 20 years, so 4 score is 80 years plus 7.
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.
A score is 20, so four-score is 80.
As a score is 20 years, 4 score and 7 years equals 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.
87 A score is 20 years.
A score is 20 years so four score means 80 and add 7 years to that?
87
90 years
four = 4, score = 20. 4 score is 4 x 20 = 80