Worksheet 476 · Skill 1

Compass conversions

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You are steering 097° 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 061°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 296°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
You are steering 073° 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 278° 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 347°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 269°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 042°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.	Answers	Problem
1	True course: 104 °T	No. 476001 (worked solution)
2	Compass course: 074 °C	No. 476002 (worked solution)
3	Magnetic bearing: 291 °M	No. 476003 (worked solution)
4	True course: 079 °T	No. 476004 (worked solution)
5	True course: 292 °T	No. 476005 (worked solution)
6	Compass course: 340 °C	No. 476006 (worked solution)
7	Magnetic heading: 275 °M	No. 476007 (worked solution)
8	Magnetic bearing: 027 °M	No. 476008 (worked solution)