A score is 20 years so four score means 80 and add 7 years to that?
Four times twenty is eighty. Add 7 and you get 87. *~* FINAL ANSWER*~* 87 Answer by Jackarooster
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.
four and seven tenths, or four point 7.
Nope - four score and seven years is 87. Which is eight decades.
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Lincoln's Emancipation was proclaimed great honor and contact officicated in glory.
A score is 20 years so four score means 80 and add 7 years to that?
Four times twenty is eighty. Add 7 and you get 87. *~* FINAL ANSWER*~* 87 Answer by Jackarooster
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.
It used to be called a score. So four score and 7 years would be 87 years.
Abraham Lincoln in the Gettysburg address.
A score is 20 so four score and 7 is 87. 1863- 87 = 1776 .
It was the year the Declaration of Independence was signed
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.