A bearing is an angle measured in degrees from North in the clockwise direction and written with three figures.

Following a bearing

Maths

In the angles unit, pupils reasoned through more complex problems involving angles. In the bearings unit, pupils apply their knowledge of angles in order to calculate bearings and solve angle problems within the context of bearings.

Bearings

Which of the following is not a convention for bearings?

Which of the following are correctly written as bearings?

Which of the following shows the bearing of A from B correctly marked?

What is 6 km away from the church on a bearing of 240°?

A diver is on a bearing of 300° and 4 km away from the boat.  Which is the correct position of the diver?

Point X is 3 km away from point A on a bearing of 060° and point Y is 2 km away from point X on a bearing of 120°.  Which is the correct position of point Y?

A scale factor is the {{ }} between similar shapes that describes how large one shape is compared to the other. 

In the scale 1 : 50 000, 1 cm = 0.5 {{ }}

For which of the following sketches is the scale 1 : 50 appropriate?

Which is the most appropriate scale to draw an accurate scaled drawing of this plan of a house?

Using the scale 1 : 5000 which are the correct dimensions of the scaled drawing of this field?

Using the scale 1 : 500 which are the correct dimensions of the real life field?

Starter Quiz