Worksheet 52 · Skill 1
Compass conversions
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A bearing on the chart is 198°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 bearing on the chart is 194°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 steering compass reads 129°C. What is the magnetic heading?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
Magnetic heading: ________ °M
A magnetic course of 257°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
You are steering 341° by the steering compass. What is the true course?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
True course: ________ °T
A magnetic course of 301°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 185°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 238°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 bearing: 200 °M | No. 52001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Magnetic bearing: 195 °M | No. 52002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Magnetic heading: 130 °M | No. 52003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Compass course: 257 °C | No. 52004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | True course: 343 °T | No. 52005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Compass course: 306 °C | No. 52006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Compass course: 191 °C | No. 52007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Compass course: 240 °C | No. 52008 (worked solution) |