Plotroom

PREVIEWFree during preview: checkout has not opened, so skills 5 to 8, worksheets and CSV cost nothing yet. Price when it opens: Plot Pass $1.95/month or $19.50/year.

Worksheet 392 · Skill 1

Compass conversions

Next sheet

Plot Pass worksheet. Plot Pass $1.95/month or $19.50/year · Free during preview. Plotroom · cedarpointmarina.net · invented chart, not for navigation.

  1. The steering compass reads 251°C. What is the magnetic heading?

    Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.

    Magnetic heading: ________ °M  

  2. The steering compass reads 350°C. What is the magnetic heading?

    Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.

    Magnetic heading: ________ °M  

  3. A magnetic course of 219°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  

  4. You are steering 258° by the steering compass. What is the true course?

    Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.

    True course: ________ °T  

  5. A bearing on the chart is 079°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  

  6. A magnetic course of 272°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  

  7. A bearing on the chart is 066°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  

  8. A bearing on the chart is 126°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  

Answer key

No.AnswersProblem
1Magnetic heading: 251 °M
No. 392001 (worked solution)
2Magnetic heading: 349 °M
No. 392002 (worked solution)
3Compass course: 218 °C
No. 392003 (worked solution)
4True course: 247 °T
No. 392004 (worked solution)
5Magnetic bearing: 088 °M
No. 392005 (worked solution)
6Compass course: 271 °C
No. 392006 (worked solution)
7Magnetic bearing: 080 °M
No. 392007 (worked solution)
8Magnetic bearing: 113 °M
No. 392008 (worked solution)