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Worksheet 10 · Skill 1

Compass conversions

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  1. The steering compass reads 216°C. What is the magnetic heading?

    Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.

    Magnetic heading: ________ °M  

  2. The steering compass reads 227°C. What is the magnetic heading?

    Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.

    Magnetic heading: ________ °M  

  3. A magnetic course of 058°M is wanted. What do you steer by the steering compass?

    Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.

    Compass course: ________ °C  

  4. You are steering 208° by the steering compass. What is the true course?

    Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.

    True course: ________ °T  

  5. A bearing on the chart is 337°T. What is it magnetic (for a hand-bearing compass, which is taken to have no deviation)?

    Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.

    Magnetic bearing: ________ °M  

  6. The steering compass reads 077°C. What is the magnetic heading?

    Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.

    Magnetic heading: ________ °M  

  7. You are steering 027° by the steering compass. What is the true course?

    Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.

    True course: ________ °T  

  8. The steering compass reads 124°C. What is the magnetic heading?

    Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.

    Magnetic heading: ________ °M  

Answer key

No.AnswersProblem
1Magnetic heading: 212 °M
No. 10001 (worked solution)
2Magnetic heading: 223 °M
No. 10002 (worked solution)
3Compass course: 055 °C
No. 10003 (worked solution)
4True course: 222 °T
No. 10004 (worked solution)
5Magnetic bearing: 324 °M
No. 10005 (worked solution)
6Magnetic heading: 080 °M
No. 10006 (worked solution)
7True course: 028 °T
No. 10007 (worked solution)
8Magnetic heading: 121 °M
No. 10008 (worked solution)