Worksheet 478 · Skill 1
Compass conversions
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The steering compass reads 294°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 053°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 210°C. What is the magnetic heading?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
Magnetic heading: ________ °M
You are steering 214° 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 033°C. What is the magnetic heading?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
Magnetic heading: ________ °M
The steering compass reads 149°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 212°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 027°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 heading: 300 °M | No. 478001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Compass course: 048 °C | No. 478002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Magnetic heading: 213 °M | No. 478003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | True course: 224 °T | No. 478004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Magnetic heading: 027 °M | No. 478005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Magnetic heading: 148 °M | No. 478006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Magnetic bearing: 217 °M | No. 478007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Compass course: 036 °C | No. 478008 (worked solution) |