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
One score is equal to 20 units. Therefore, if you have 1 score, it consists of 20 units. This term is often used in historical contexts, such as in the phrase "four score and seven years ago."
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 20, so four-score is 80.
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.
As a score is 20 years, 4 score and 7 years equals 87 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.
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