A score = 20 years, so:4 x 20 = 8080 + 7 =8787Abraham 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.
My son just took this today and they said he should score a 72, but he scored a 74 and they said that was outstanding!
I think it's some American thing that said 4 score and whatever years ago. Because it was used in the same sentence as whatever years, the score refers to an amount of years. Score on its own means 20, but it does not have units attached.
Point zero eight seven three four. The numbers past the decimal point are said individually rather than a whole number like 'eight thousand, seven hundred and thirty four'
Commas are used to delineate every third (thousands)digit. Full stops/periods are only used to separate digits from decimals. e,g 123456789 Commas. 123,456,789 ; said as 'One hundred and twenty three million, four hundred and fifty six thousand, seven hundred and eighty nine. Decimal 123,456.789 ; said as ' One hundred and twenty three thousand, four hundred and fifty six, point seven eight nine'..
If you mean four score and seven years ago, it was said by Abraham Lincoln, the first words from his Gettysburg Address.
'Four score and seven years ago...'
A score means twenty. Therefore, Lincoln's speech which said "four score and seven years ago" is referring to 87 years ago.
Four score and seven years = 87 years. A "score" is 20. Abraham Lincoln used this phrase as a fancy way of referring to the founding of the country (in 1776) in his Gettysburg Address, the speech he gave at the dedication of a cemetery for those who died in that devastating Civil War battle. Lincoln likely intended an allusion to familiar biblical language (King James Version), especially to Psalm 90, in which the human life span is said to be "three score years and ten".
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Believe it to be Abraham Lincoln. "Fore score and seven years ago..." is the beginning of Lincoln's Gettysburg address delivered at Gettysburg, PA on November 19, 1863.
Abraham Lincoln in the Gettysburg address.
He was referring to the Declaration of Independence (1776), which at the time he spoke was written 87 years ago (a "score" is 20, so four score = 80).No doubt he was referring to 1776 - the Declaration of Independence.
Abraham Lincoln in the Gettysburg address - its four score (nor scored) and seven years ago - referring to the time passed since the American revolution
The length of a score can vary depending on the musical piece it represents. Typically, a score includes multiple pages of music notation, with each page containing several bars of music. The overall length of a score is ultimately determined by the composer's intentions and the complexity of the piece.
87 years I believe. In Lincoln's speech at Gettysburg, he said "four score and seven years ago" which is 87 yeras and he was referring to when the Constitution was signed.
the singing of the declaration of independence. The Gettysburg address was in 1863 four score and seven years ago refers to 87 years which is 1776 the singing of the Declaration of Independence.