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How many scores are in 200 years?
10 score years.
What does score stand for?
A "score" is 10 years. (:
When Lincoln mentioned a score of years he meant?
A score means twenty. Therefore, Lincoln's speech which said "four score and seven years ago" is referring to 87 years ago.
What is fourscore and seven years ago?
A score is equal to 20 years, so 4 score and 7 years is 87 years. This phrase comes from the Gettysburg Address, a speech given by US President Abraham Lincoln on November 19, 1863. He gave the speech at the dedication of the Soldier's National Cemetery, near the site of the Civil War's Battle of Gettysburg which took place several months before. The speech begins, "Four score and seven years ago...", referring to the year 1776 (87 years before the speech was given) when the Declaration of Independence was signed.
Who are the fathers of the quote four score and seven years ago?
President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address in 1863. This speech was written on a napkin during the train ride to where the speech was being held. Four score and seven years is 87 years, a reference to 1776 when we declared our independence from the British.
How many years does five score?
100 years. 1 score is 20 years
What dose five score years ago mean?
One score is 20 years. Five score is 100 years (does not dose).
How many years is one score and five centuries?
520
What is four score plus five years?
85 years (1 score is 20)
Why does Martin Luther King use the opening five score years ago in his I have a dream speech?
the expression "five score years ago" is referred to the year 1863 when Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg adress. Five score means one hundred.
What does martin Luther mean by five score years?
A score is twenty. So 20 x 5 = 100 years.
What does martin Luther mean by five score years ago?
A score is twenty. So 20 x 5 = 100 years.
Seven centuries two score five decades and three years?
793 years!
Is it right to say 'a score and five years have gone'?
Yes, it is perfectly alright, especially if you actually mean twenty-five years have gone!But if you mean 'a score and five years have passed', then this is what you should say!Your style seems rather poetic, but there nothing wrong with 'poetic.'Another way to express 25 years is 'five and twenty years.'
How many years will you get in four score years?
A score is 20, so four-score is 80.
What does five score years ago a great American signed the emancipation proclamation mean?
well i know that a score is equal to 20 years
What does five score years ago mean?
a score is 20 years, 20 * 5 = 100. so 5 scores would b 100 yearsfive score is a 100
