Worksheet 181 · Skill 1
Compass conversions
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The steering compass reads 276°C. What is the magnetic heading?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
Magnetic heading: ________ °M
You are steering 195° by the steering compass. What is the true course?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
True course: ________ °T
The course laid off on the chart is 294°T. 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 153°C. What is the magnetic heading?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
Magnetic heading: ________ °M
A magnetic course of 083°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 150°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 steering compass reads 122°C. What is the magnetic heading?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
Magnetic heading: ________ °M
The steering compass reads 211°C. What is the magnetic heading?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
Magnetic heading: ________ °M
Answer key
| No. | Answers | Problem |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnetic heading: 279 °M | No. 181001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | True course: 203 °T | No. 181002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Compass course: 295 °C | No. 181003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Magnetic heading: 148 °M | No. 181004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Compass course: 080 °C | No. 181005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Magnetic bearing: 138 °M | No. 181006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Magnetic heading: 118 °M | No. 181007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Magnetic heading: 215 °M | No. 181008 (worked solution) |