Worksheet 453 · Skill 1
Compass conversions
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You are steering 330° by the steering compass. What is the true course?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
True course: ________ °T
The steering compass reads 132°C. What is the magnetic heading?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
Magnetic heading: ________ °M
A magnetic course of 232°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 026°T. What do you steer by the steering compass?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
Compass course: ________ °C
You are steering 136° by the steering compass. What is the true course?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
True course: ________ °T
A bearing on the chart is 232°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 221°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 135°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 | True course: 323 °T | No. 453001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Magnetic heading: 128 °M | No. 453002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Compass course: 234 °C | No. 453003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Compass course: 029 °C | No. 453004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | True course: 126 °T | No. 453005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Magnetic bearing: 243 °M | No. 453006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Compass course: 228 °C | No. 453007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Magnetic heading: 139 °M | No. 453008 (worked solution) |