Worksheet 350 · Skill 1
Compass conversions
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A bearing on the chart is 050°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 232°C. What is the magnetic heading?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
Magnetic heading: ________ °M
The course laid off on the chart is 135°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 274°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
You are steering 025° 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 028°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 332°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 bearing: 045 °M | No. 350001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Magnetic heading: 235 °M | No. 350002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Compass course: 124 °C | No. 350003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Magnetic heading: 269 °M | No. 350004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | True course: 303 °T | No. 350005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | True course: 041 °T | No. 350006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Compass course: 024 °C | No. 350007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Compass course: 344 °C | No. 350008 (worked solution) |