Worksheet 540 · Skill 1
Compass conversions
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A bearing on the chart is 214°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 338°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 016°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 bearing on the chart is 358°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 231° 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 176° 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 103°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 254° by the steering compass. What is the true course?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
True course: ________ °T
Answer key
| No. | Answers | Problem |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Magnetic bearing: 201 °M | No. 540001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Magnetic bearing: 326 °M | No. 540002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | Compass course: 020 °C | No. 540003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Magnetic bearing: 351 °M | No. 540004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | True course: 218 °T | No. 540005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | True course: 168 °T | No. 540006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Compass course: 097 °C | No. 540007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | True course: 245 °T | No. 540008 (worked solution) |