Worksheet 735 · Skill 1
Compass conversions
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The steering compass reads 014°C. What is the magnetic heading?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
Magnetic heading: ________ °M
You are steering 084° 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 127° 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 106°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 steering compass reads 231°C. What is the magnetic heading?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
Magnetic heading: ________ °M
You are steering 036° by the steering compass. What is the true course?
Give whole degrees (000 to 359). This one must be exact.
True course: ________ °T
A bearing on the chart is 334°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 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 heading: 009 °M | No. 735001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | True course: 091 °T | No. 735002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | True course: 132 °T | No. 735003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | Compass course: 101 °C | No. 735004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | Magnetic heading: 231 °M | No. 735005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | True course: 031 °T | No. 735006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Magnetic bearing: 342 °M | No. 735007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Compass course: 238 °C | No. 735008 (worked solution) |