Worksheet 95 · Skill 1
Compass conversions
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The steering compass reads 121°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 162°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 220° 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 291° 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 109° 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 151°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 277°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 233°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: 126 °M | No. 95001 (worked solution) |
| 2 | Compass course: 147 °C | No. 95002 (worked solution) |
| 3 | True course: 222 °T | No. 95003 (worked solution) |
| 4 | True course: 277 °T | No. 95004 (worked solution) |
| 5 | True course: 106 °T | No. 95005 (worked solution) |
| 6 | Magnetic bearing: 143 °M | No. 95006 (worked solution) |
| 7 | Magnetic bearing: 289 °M | No. 95007 (worked solution) |
| 8 | Compass course: 227 °C | No. 95008 (worked solution) |