Abraham Lincoln gave his Gettysburg Address in 1863 and said "Fourscore and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal." If you subtract 87 years from the year 1863, you get 1776; the year our forefathers signed the Declaration of Independence.
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 times twenty is eighty. Add 7 and you get 87. *~* FINAL ANSWER*~* 87 Answer by Jackarooster
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"Ten score" refers to a quantity of 200. In this phrase, "score" means 20, so ten score is calculated as 10 times 20, which equals 200. The term is famously used in Abraham Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address," where he starts with "Four score and seven years ago," meaning 87 years ago.
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..."
As a score is 20 years, 4 score and 7 years equals 87 years.
87. A score is 20yrs.
Twenty years is a score, as in "Fourscore and seven years ago..." Fourscore and seven equals 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.
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.
Lincoln's Emancipation was proclaimed great honor and contact officicated in glory.
A score is equal to twenty. "Four score and seven years" is eighty-seven years.
One score is 20 years so four score (80) and seven years ago would be 87 years.
a score, as in "Four score and seven years..."
87 A score is 20 years.
Four times twenty is eighty. Add 7 and you get 87. *~* FINAL ANSWER*~* 87 Answer by Jackarooster
A "score" is twenty, so four score and seven = 87.