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GCSE Bearings Practice Worksheet
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GCSE Bearings Practice Worksheet
Bearings are measured clockwise from north and written as three figures. Show your working for calculations, and give answers to the nearest degree or 3 significant figures where appropriate.
Bearing essentials
Check that you can read and reverse three-figure bearings.
1.A delivery van leaves a hardware store heading due east. What is its bearing?
- 000°
- 090°
- 180°
- 270°
2.Complete the rule: Bearings are measured clockwise from and written using figures.
3.A bearing from point A to point B is 047°. Find the bearing from B to A.
4.Evie walks from the hardware store to a building on a bearing of 238°. What is the bearing from the building back to the store?
Plot and calculate
Use bearings to represent journeys and resolve distances into components.
5.Callum plots a delivery route from point A: 5 km on a bearing of 120°, then 4 km on a bearing of 030°. Draw a labelled sketch of the two legs, including a north line at each turning point.
6.A surveyor measures a 20 km route on a bearing of 060°. How far east and how far north is the endpoint from the start? Give each component to 3 significant figures.
Bearings in context
Solve each navigation problem. Include a clear method, not just a final answer.
7.PQ is 100 km on a bearing of 060° and QR is 80 km on a bearing of 150°. Calculate the bearing of R from P to the nearest degree.
8.A rescue station receives two signals. Ship A is 12 km away on a bearing of 040°; Ship B is 9 km away on a bearing of 130°. Calculate the distance between the ships.
9.A drone flies 10 km due east, then 10 km due north. What three-figure bearing should it follow to return directly to its starting point?
10.A boat sails 8 km on a bearing of 030°, then 6 km due east. Find the boat’s distance and bearing from its starting point. Give the distance to 3 significant figures and the bearing to the nearest degree.
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