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Worksheet 168 · Skill 1

Compass conversions

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  1. A bearing on the chart is 263°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  

  2. A bearing on the chart is 353°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  

  3. A bearing on the chart is 175°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  

  4. The course laid off on the chart is 048°T. What do you steer by the steering compass?

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

    Compass course: ________ °C  

  5. The steering compass reads 243°C. What is the magnetic heading?

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

    Magnetic heading: ________ °M  

  6. The course laid off on the chart is 221°T. What do you steer by the steering compass?

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

    Compass course: ________ °C  

  7. You are steering 213° by the steering compass. What is the true course?

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

    True course: ________ °T  

  8. A bearing on the chart is 283°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  

Answer key

No.AnswersProblem
1Magnetic bearing: 259 °M
No. 168001 (worked solution)
2Magnetic bearing: 339 °M
No. 168002 (worked solution)
3Magnetic bearing: 160 °M
No. 168003 (worked solution)
4Compass course: 040 °C
No. 168004 (worked solution)
5Magnetic heading: 238 °M
No. 168005 (worked solution)
6Compass course: 227 °C
No. 168006 (worked solution)
7True course: 199 °T
No. 168007 (worked solution)
8Magnetic bearing: 270 °M
No. 168008 (worked solution)