Worksheet 299 · Skill 1
Compass conversions
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The steering compass reads 048°C. What is the magnetic heading?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
Magnetic heading: ________ °M
You are steering 222° by the steering compass. What is the true course?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
True course: ________ °T
You are steering 228° 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 194°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 course laid off on the chart is 354°T. 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 149°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 142°T. What do you steer by the steering compass?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
Compass course: ________ °C
The course laid off on the chart is 157°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: 052 °M | No. 299001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | True course: 219 °T | No. 299002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | True course: 218 °T | No. 299003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Compass course: 200 °C | No. 299004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Compass course: 001 °C | No. 299005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Magnetic bearing: 134 °M | No. 299006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Compass course: 138 °C | No. 299007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Compass course: 152 °C | No. 299008 (worked solution) |