GCSE · Bearings

Bearings & back bearingsExam-style questions

The three rules of a bearing, measuring from North at each new point, the ±180° back-bearing rule, and combining bearings with right-angled trigonometry to find distances and directions.

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1
(a) Write down the bearing of a point that is due East.

(b) Write down the bearing of a point that is due South-West.

(c) Write down the bearing of a point that is due North-West.
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2
Write down the three-figure bearing of due west.
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3
The bearing of $B$ from $A$ is $070°$ . Work out the bearing of $A$ from $B$ .
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4
The diagram shows the positions of two boats, $A$ and $B$ .Diagram NOT accurately drawn
(a) Write down the bearing of $B$ from $A$ . (1 mark)
(b) Work out the bearing of $A$ from $B$ . (2 marks)
Level 2 · 3 marksTry it
5
The bearing of $B$ from $A$ is $125°$ .

Work out the bearing of $A$ from $B$ . [2]
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