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What does three score and ten days mean?
A "score" is 20. So 3 times 20 plus 10 = 70.
How many years in 8 score and ten?
Eight score and ten is 170-years. A score equals twenty-years. The most famous use of the word score, is in the Gettysburg Address. Score is a slang term for a twenty-dollar bill.
What does four score and ten mean and where does the term 'score' come from?
Answer = 90.Four score and ten refers to years. A 'score' is twenty, so four of them would be 80, plus ten, it's 90. The term 'score' was used in the bible and in famous speeches. AnswerThe word score originates from Old English scoru"twenty," from Old Norse skor "mark, tally", in the sense of say, a shepherd making a mark on a tally stick when counting sheep. Its use in the Bible is simply that of a common word at the time of translation then falling into disuse though language change.
Where did the term score in reference to years come from?
If you are thinking of the word 'score' as a span of life, it is of biblical origin, Leviticus 12 and Psalms 90 which quotes 'there is a use of it that refers to a span of our lives' - 'the days of our years are three score years and ten'. Also borrowed by Shakespeare in Macbeth as 'Three score and ten I can remember well,' The span of life was then considered to be three score and ten, in other words 70 years
Is a negative z score always an indicator that the raw score is below the mean?
Yes.z = (raw score - mean)/standard error.Since the standard error is positive, z < 0 => (raw score - mean) < 0 => raw score < mean.
What does 3 score and ten mean?
1 score = 20 years So 3 score and ten would be 70 years.
What does threescore and ten mean?
Answer:Threescore and ten means "seventy." A "score" equals "twenty." Three twenties equals "sixty" - plus "ten": "seventy."
Define three score and ten?
A score is twenty; if read as 'a score, ten and three' it is 20 + 10 + 3 = 33, but if read as 'a score [times] ten' it becomes 203.
What does three score and ten days mean?
A "score" is 20. So 3 times 20 plus 10 = 70.
What does the idiom perfect ten mean?
It means someone's appearance is flawless and perfect in every way. It comes from the rating system used in beauty pageants. One is the lowest score, and ten is the highest score.
Four score and ten years ago what does this mean?
score is a set of twenty so 4 x 20 + 10 = 90 years ago.
How much is four score and ten years?
a score is 20 years, so four score and ten years ago would be 90 years
Who said four score and ten years ago?
If you mean four score and seven years ago, it was said by Abraham Lincoln, the first words from his Gettysburg Address.
What does fourscore and five mean?
FOUR SCORE AND TEN = 90. A score is 20 therefore 4 score is 4 x 20 =80 + 10 = 90
What is the highest score you can get in ten pin bowling on the Wii?
a perfect score in 10 pin is 300, so the highest score in the wii ten pin would be the same
What is the perfect score in gymnastic?
A perfect score in gymnastics would be a ten.
How many years in 8 score and ten?
Eight score and ten is 170-years. A score equals twenty-years. The most famous use of the word score, is in the Gettysburg Address. Score is a slang term for a twenty-dollar bill.
