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How many years are there in 1 decade?
Ten There are ten years in a decade.
How many seconds are there in ten years?
there are 321,776,000 seconds in ten years (excluding leap years)
How many four-fifths are in 8?
ten
How many zeros does ten thousand have?
Ten thousand has four zeros. (10,000).
What does 4 score and 10 mean?
This question has been answered."90.A "score" is 20. Four score = 80The term "score" was a commonly-used Middle English word, from the Old English "scoru," which meant "twenty." More than likely this, in turn, came from the Norse skor.As a side note, the term "score" in this context was a common English term even in the early days of the USA; Abraham Lincoln's famous Gettysburg Address includes the phrase, "Four score and 7 years ago." There is nothing inherently religious about it, except that the term is used often in the King James Version of the Bible.Biblically, the correct term is 'three-score years and ten' (Psalm 90: 10) suggesting that the normal lifespan in Biblical times was 70."
How much is four score and ten years?
a score is 20 years, so four score and ten years ago would be 90 years
Is 20 years a decade?
No. A decade is ten years. Twenty years is two decades (or a "score" -- as in "Four score and seven years ago...").
Four score and seven from the bible how many years?
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.
Who said four score and ten years ago?
If you mean four score and seven years ago, it was said by Abraham Lincoln, the first words from his Gettysburg Address.
What does fourscore and five mean?
FOUR SCORE AND TEN = 90. A score is 20 therefore 4 score is 4 x 20 =80 + 10 = 90
How many years in 8 score and ten?
Eight score and ten is 170-years. A score equals twenty-years. The most famous use of the word score, is in the Gettysburg Address. Score is a slang term for a twenty-dollar bill.
Four score and ten years ago what does this mean?
score is a set of twenty so 4 x 20 + 10 = 90 years ago.
What does ten years equal?
a score
What does 3 score and ten mean?
1 score = 20 years So 3 score and ten would be 70 years.
What does 'three score and ten' mean in the nursery rhyme?
"Three score and ten" in the nursery rhyme "The Four and Twenty Blackbirds" refers to the number 70. In the context of the rhyme, it signifies the age of the "old woman" who was baking the pie with the blackbirds in it.
What does 'four score and seven years' mean?
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".
What does four score and ten mean and where does the term 'score' come from?
Answer = 90.Four score and ten refers to years. A 'score' is twenty, so four of them would be 80, plus ten, it's 90. The term 'score' was used in the bible and in famous speeches. AnswerThe word score originates from Old English scoru"twenty," from Old Norse skor "mark, tally", in the sense of say, a shepherd making a mark on a tally stick when counting sheep. Its use in the Bible is simply that of a common word at the time of translation then falling into disuse though language change.
