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Bearings

1. This document contains 9 problems involving calculating and drawing bearings on diagrams. The problems require measuring, calculating, and marking bearings between various points including ports, villages, boats, telephone masts, lighthouses, and ships. 2. Solutions involve writing down bearings, drawing lines to represent bearings, and marking positions based on given bearings and distances on the diagrams. 3. Scale and distances between points are provided to allow calculation of real distances between locations represented on the diagrams.

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Bearings

1. This document contains 9 problems involving calculating and drawing bearings on diagrams. The problems require measuring, calculating, and marking bearings between various points including ports, villages, boats, telephone masts, lighthouses, and ships. 2. Solutions involve writing down bearings, drawing lines to represent bearings, and marking positions based on given bearings and distances on the diagrams. 3. Scale and distances between points are provided to allow calculation of real distances between locations represented on the diagrams.

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1.

Work out the bearing of B from A.

................................... °
(2 marks)

2. N

60
140
P

(a) Write down the bearing of A from P.

..................................

(b) Work out the bearing of B from P.

..................................
(3 marks)
______________________________________________________________________________
3.
North
B

(a) Measure and write down the bearing of B from A.

……………………°
(1)

(b) On the diagram, draw a line on a bearing of 107° from A.


(1)
(2 marks)
____________________________________________________________________________
4. The diagram shows the position of two ports P and Q on a map.

(a) Measure the bearing of Q from P.

................................... °
(1)
A rock R is on a bearing of 150° from Q.
On the map R is 6 cm from Q.

(b) Mark the position of R with a cross (×) and label it R.


(2)
(3 marks)
5. The diagram shows the position of a lighthouse L and a harbour H.

The scale of the diagram is 1 cm represents 5 km.

(a) Work out the real distance between L and H.

.............................................. km
(1)

(b) Measure the bearing of H from L.

..............................................°
(1)

A boat B is 20 km from H on a bearing of 040°

(c) On the diagram, mark the position of boat B with a cross (×).

Label it B.
(2)
(4 marks)
______________________________________________________________________________
6. The diagram shows the positions of two villages, Beckhampton (B) and West Kennett (W).

Scale: 4 cm represents 1 km.

(a) Work out the real distance, in km, of Beckhampton from West Kennett.

.......................................... km
(2)

The village, Avebury (A), is on a bearing of 038 from Beckhampton.

On the diagram, A is 6 cm from B.

(b) On the diagram, mark A with a cross (×).


Label the cross A.

(2)
(4 marks)
___________________________________________________________________________
7. The diagram shows the position of two boats, P and Q.

The bearing of a boat R from boat P is 0600


The bearing of boat R from boat Q is 3100

In the space above, draw an accurate diagram to show the position of boat R.
Mark the position of boat R with a cross (). Label it R.
(3 marks)
8. The diagram shows the positions of two telephone masts, A and B, on a map.

(a) Measure the bearing of B from A.


........................................ °
(1)

Another mast C is on a bearing of 160° from B.

On the map, C is 4 cm from B.

(b) Mark the position of C with a cross () and label it C.


(2)
(3 marks)
9. The bearing of a ship from a lighthouse is 050°

Work out the bearing of the lighthouse from the ship.

..............................................°
(2 marks)
______________________________________________________________________________

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