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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.
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Why does 'score' equal 50?
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 7 years equals how many years?
Four times twenty is eighty. Add 7 and you get 87. *~* FINAL ANSWER*~* 87 Answer by Jackarooster
The value of a score as in four score and seven years ago?
20
What does ten score mean?
"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.
What is a forty-score and seven?
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..."
When talking about years four scores and seven equals how many years?
As a score is 20 years, 4 score and 7 years equals 87 years.
When talking about years four score and seven means what?
87. A score is 20yrs.
What do call 20 years?
Twenty years is a score, as in "Fourscore and seven years ago..." Fourscore and seven equals 87.
Why does 'score' equal 50?
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.
How many years was mentioned at the start of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address?
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.
What is the first 6 words of the Gettysburg Address?
Lincoln's Emancipation was proclaimed great honor and contact officicated in glory.
What does score mean at the end of a number?
A score is equal to twenty. "Four score and seven years" is eighty-seven years.
What does four score and seven years equal?
One score is 20 years so four score (80) and seven years ago would be 87 years.
What is the word for twenty years?
a score, as in "Four score and seven years..."
Four score is equal to what?
"Four score" refers to a period of 80 years, as "a score" is equal to 20 years. Therefore, four score equals 4 times 20, which is 80. This phrase is famously used in Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, where he begins with "Four score and seven years ago," referring to 87 years prior.
How many years is fore score and seven years?
87 A score is 20 years.
Four score and 7 years equals how many years?
Four times twenty is eighty. Add 7 and you get 87. *~* FINAL ANSWER*~* 87 Answer by Jackarooster
