Year 8
Year 8

Bearings on the Cartesian plane

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Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. In this lesson, we will further develop our skills on bearings, in particular, focusing on the importance of starting location.

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5 Questions

Q1.
Bearings are always measured from...
East
Correct answer: North
South
West
Q2.
Bearings are measured in which direction?
Anticlockwise
Correct answer: Clockwise
Q3.
Which of these is NOT a bearing?
000°
008°
273°
Correct answer: 73°
Q4.
What is the bearing of North West?
045°
135°
Correct answer: 315°
50°
Q5.
What is the bearing of South East?
Correct answer: 135°
150°
225°
315°

6 Questions

Q1.
The coordinate (3,1) is at a bearing of...
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045° from B
Correct answer: 090° from B
270° from B
Q2.
The coordinate (3,1) is at a bearing of...
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045° from A
090° from A
Correct answer: 270° from A
Q3.
The coordinate (3,1) is at a bearing of...
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Correct answer: 045° from C
090° from C
275° from C
Q4.
The bearing of the origin (0,0)...
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045° from C
225° from C
Correct answer: 315° from C
Q5.
The bearing of the origin (0,0)...
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225° from A
Correct answer: 225° from B
225° from C
Q6.
Which is the most sensible estimate of the bearing of the origin from A?
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180° from A
195° from A
Correct answer: 255° from A
270° from A