Worksheet 501 · Skill 1
Compass conversions
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The steering compass reads 336°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 236°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 152°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
A magnetic course of 059°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 190°T. What do you steer by the steering compass?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
Compass course: ________ °C
A magnetic course of 017°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
A magnetic course of 063°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
A magnetic course of 204°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
Answer key
| No. | Answers | Problem |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnetic heading: 339 °M | No. 501001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Compass course: 243 °C | No. 501002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Magnetic bearing: 164 °M | No. 501003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Compass course: 059 °C | No. 501004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Compass course: 189 °C | No. 501005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Compass course: 022 °C | No. 501006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Compass course: 064 °C | No. 501007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Compass course: 201 °C | No. 501008 (worked solution) |