Bearings
AQA GCSE Maths revision on Bearings. Aligned to the AQA GCSE Mathematics 8300 specification. This bank has 16 practice questions on this topic.
Sample questions (3 of 16)
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Question 1
When measuring a bearing, from which compass direction do you start your measurement?
- A) North
- B) East
- C) South
- D) West
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Answer: North
By convention, all bearings are measured starting from North and moving in a clockwise direction. Starting from any other point would make the bearing measurement inconsistent between different observers.
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Question 2
A student measures a bearing as 410 degrees. Why is this value invalid?
- A) It is not a multiple of 10
- B) Bearings must be between 000 and 360 degrees
- C) It should be measured anticlockwise
- D) Bearings cannot exceed 90 degrees
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Answer: Bearings must be between 000 and 360 degrees
A bearing represents a direction around a full circle. Once you complete a 360-degree rotation, you return to the North line, meaning any value above 360 represents a repeated direction.
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Question 3
If the bearing of point A from point B is 060 degrees, what is the bearing of point B from point A?
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Answer: 240
The correct answer is 240 degrees. To find the back bearing, you add 180 degrees to the original bearing because 60 plus 180 equals 240.
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