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What time period is fourscore?
A score is twenty, and fourscore is therefore eighty.
What is a hundred fourscore and five thousand?
A hundred fourscore is equal to 400 (since a score is 20, and 100 times 20 equals 2000). Therefore, when you add five thousand to it, you get 2000 + 5000, which equals 7000. So, a hundred fourscore and five thousand is 7000.
What does the saying eighty eight means?
88 keys on a piano
What does the word eighty eight means?
It means 88, 80+8, 100-12, 44x2, 176/2, etc.
What is a score in reference to time?
A score means 20, so fourscore and seven years is 87 years (20*4 + 7,) and threescore and six days is 67 days (20*3 + 7)
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