Worksheet 180 · Skill 1
Compass conversions
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The steering compass reads 305°C. What is the magnetic heading?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
Magnetic heading: ________ °M
A magnetic course of 167°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
The steering compass reads 184°C. What is the magnetic heading?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
Magnetic heading: ________ °M
The steering compass reads 064°C. What is the magnetic heading?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
Magnetic heading: ________ °M
You are steering 319° by the steering compass. What is the true course?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
True course: ________ °T
A magnetic course of 108°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
A bearing on the chart is 026°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
The course laid off on the chart is 328°T. What do you steer by the steering compass?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
Compass course: ________ °C
Answer key
| No. | Answers | Problem |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnetic heading: 309 °M | No. 180001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Compass course: 167 °C | No. 180002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Magnetic heading: 183 °M | No. 180003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Magnetic heading: 060 °M | No. 180004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | True course: 333 °T | No. 180005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Compass course: 110 °C | No. 180006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Magnetic bearing: 015 °M | No. 180007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Compass course: 327 °C | No. 180008 (worked solution) |