It is 20 years. So in Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, "four score and seven years ago" is 87 years--he was referring to 1776.
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..."
A score in time eans 20 years "four score and seven years ago" means 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.
1 year = 12 months therefore 87 years = 1044 months
The Tucks explain how 87 years ago, their family had been passing through the woods and had stopped to drink at the spring. Since then, they have been unable to grow, age, or die. They are frozen in time, immortal.
fourscore and seven years ago means 87 years ago
It was 39 years ago.
what happened in the past 87 years before lincolns speech
87
The stranger in the yellow suit stole the horse.
When they met Winnie, they had remained unchanged for 80 years.
87 years...
that died
1917
one score is equal to 20 (4 score and 7 years ago=87 years ago)
Literally, "four twenties and seven years ago," or "87 years ago." A score is 20. Four score is 80, and 7 is 87. So four score and seven years ago means 87 years ago. (see "Wikipedia"; "Gettysburg Address". 1863 minus 87=1776; 4th July - Declaration of Independence!) "Fourscore" means eighty (80). A score is twenty. It's not in very common use any more, but it is a word like "dozen," which means twelve (12)--a special word for a certain number. (And a gross is 12 x 12, or 144.) So if a score = 20, fourscore = 4 x 20 = 80. And 7 makes 87. 1 score = 20 years 4 score = 80 years 4 score 7 years = 87 years