Worksheet 303 · 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
The steering compass reads 018°C. What is the magnetic heading?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
Magnetic heading: ________ °M
You are steering 345° 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 070°T. What do you steer by the steering compass?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
Compass course: ________ °C
A magnetic course of 268°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 272°C. What is the magnetic heading?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
Magnetic heading: ________ °M
A bearing on the chart is 243°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
A magnetic course of 152°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
Answer key
| No. | Answers | Problem |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnetic heading: 299 °M | No. 303001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Magnetic heading: 021 °M | No. 303002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | True course: 353 °T | No. 303003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Compass course: 079 °C | No. 303004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Compass course: 265 °C | No. 303005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Magnetic heading: 268 °M | No. 303006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Magnetic bearing: 235 °M | No. 303007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Compass course: 156 °C | No. 303008 (worked solution) |