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GCSE Maths: Angles: bearings
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How many digits must a bearing have?
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Three digits. Bearings are always written as three-figure bearings (e.g., 025° instead of 25°).
The three-figure bearing for North is ?°.
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000
The three-figure bearing for East is ?°.
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090
The three-figure bearing for West is ?°.
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270
From which direction are bearings measured?
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From North, measured clockwise.
The three-figure bearing for South-East is ?°.
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135
What is the three-figure bearing for North-East?
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045°. North-East is halfway between North (000°) and East (090°).
How do you find the reverse bearing when the original bearing is less than 180°?
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Add 180° to the original bearing.
How do you find the reverse bearing when the original bearing is greater than 180°?
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Subtract 180° from the original bearing.
When finding the position of a point given bearings from two different locations, what technique do you use?
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Draw lines from each location at the given bearings; the point is where the two lines intersect.
On a map with scale 1 : 10,000, a distance of 1 cm on the map represents ? in reality.
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10,000 cm
To convert a map distance to actual distance using a scale, what calculation do you perform?
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Multiply the measured map distance by the scale factor. For example, with scale 1:10,000, multiply the cm measurement by 10,000.
How do you find the bearing of point B from point A using a diagram?
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Place a protractor at A with 0° pointing North, then measure the angle clockwise from North to the line AB.
What is the bearing of due South?
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180°
If you walk from A to B on bearing X°, what is the back bearing (bearing from B to A)?
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Add 180° to X if X < 180°, or subtract 180° from X if X ≥ 180°. This gives the opposite direction.
To find how far apart two moving objects are after a given time, what steps do you follow?
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Calculate each object's distance traveled (speed × time), plot their positions from the start using bearing and distance, then measure the straight-line distance between them using the scale.
What does a bearing of 015° represent?
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15° clockwise from North. Bearings are always given as three-digit angles measured clockwise from North.
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