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Math: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Shapes - Bearings (Questions)

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Aircraft and ships are navigated using bearings. Bearings help people find their way. Countries would still be waiting to be discovered without bearings!

See if you can find your way to the end of this Math quiz on the subject.

'The direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies' describes what?

[ ]	Bearing
[ ]	Direction
[ ]	Instruction
[ ]	North

One way of describing direction from a point is to use what?

[ ]	3-figure bearings
[ ]	An arrow
[ ]	Good directions
[ ]	Hand signals

Bearings are measured from which line?

[ ]	East line
[ ]	North line
[ ]	South line
[ ]	Start line

A complete circle has how many degrees?

[ ]	90^o
[ ]	180^o
[ ]	270^o
[ ]	360^o

Bearings are always measured in which direction?

[ ]	Counterclockwise
[ ]	Clockwise
[ ]	Downwards
[ ]	Upwards

What bearing would you be walking on if you were heading east?

[ ]	030^o
[ ]	045^o
[ ]	060^o
[ ]	090^o

How many degrees would you turn when changing from a northerly heading to a southerly heading?

[ ]	90^o
[ ]	180^o
[ ]	270^o
[ ]	360^o

You are facing south and want to face west. Which way and by how many degrees would you turn?

[ ]	60^o to your left
[ ]	90^o to your left
[ ]	90^o to your right
[ ]	180^o in either direction

If a ship is on a bearing of 020^o from a lighthouse, what is the bearing of the lighthouse from the ship?

[ ]	120^o
[ ]	200^o
[ ]	220^o
[ ]	280^o

10.

What is the back bearing of the bearing 245^o

[ ]	165^o
[ ]	310^o
[ ]	360^o
[ ]	65^o

Math: Middle School: Grades 6, 7 and 8 Quiz - Shapes - Bearings (Answers)

'The direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies' describes what?

[x]	Bearing
[ ]	Direction
[ ]	Instruction
[ ]	North

One way of describing direction from a point is to use what?

[x]	3-figure bearings
[ ]	An arrow
[ ]	Good directions
[ ]	Hand signals

Bearings are measured from which line?

[ ]	East line
[x]	North line
[ ]	South line
[ ]	Start line

A compass always points north. Bearings are measured from the north line

A complete circle has how many degrees?

[ ]	90^o
[ ]	180^o
[ ]	270^o
[x]	360^o

The angle between the north line and the direction taken is the bearing

Bearings are always measured in which direction?

[ ]	Counterclockwise
[x]	Clockwise
[ ]	Downwards
[ ]	Upwards

90 degrees (90^o) is east (think 3 on a clock), 180^o is south (think 6 on a clock), west is 270^o (9 on a clock) and north is 360^o (12 on a clock)

What bearing would you be walking on if you were heading east?

[ ]	030^o
[ ]	045^o
[ ]	060^o
[x]	090^o

Make all bearings into 3-figure bearings. 90^o becomes 090^o, 9^o becomes 009^o

How many degrees would you turn when changing from a northerly heading to a southerly heading?

[ ]	90^o
[x]	180^o
[ ]	270^o
[ ]	360^o

You are facing south and want to face west. Which way and by how many degrees would you turn?

[ ]	60^o to your left
[ ]	90^o to your left
[x]	90^o to your right
[ ]	180^o in either direction

If a ship is on a bearing of 020^o from a lighthouse, what is the bearing of the lighthouse from the ship?

[ ]	120^o
[x]	200^o
[ ]	220^o
[ ]	280^o

This is called finding the back bearing of 020^o

10.

What is the back bearing of the bearing 245^o

[ ]	165^o
[ ]	310^o
[ ]	360^o
[x]	65^o

If the bearing is more than 180 then deduct 180 to find the back bearing