Bearings

360/000o
N

1. Measured from North.

2. In a clockwise direction.

060o

270o

60o

090o

3. Written as 3 figures.
S

180o
N

145o

145

230o

230o
S

315o

315o

A 360o
protractor is
used to measure
bearings.
315

Bearings

Use your protractor to

measure the bearing
of each point from the
centre of the circle.

360/000o

350o

020o

NW

(Worksheet
1)
o

045
NE

290o
270o

080o

250o

110o
SW

225o
Worksheet 1

SE

210o

180o

160o

135o

090o

N
360/000o
330

030o

045o

315

290o
075o

090o E

W 270o
Control
Tower

Estimate the
bearing of
each aircraft
from the
centre of the
radar screen.

110o

250o

135o

225o
170o
200o

180o
S

Air Traffic
Controller

Bearings
Measuring the bearing of one point from another.
To Find the bearing of B from A.

060o

1. Draw a straight line between both points.

2. Draw a North line at A.

Worksheet 3

3. Measure the angle between.

Bearings
Measuring the bearing of one point from another.
To Find the bearing of A from B.

240o
Worksheet 3

1. Draw a straight line between both points.

2. Draw a North line at B.
3. Measure angle between.

Bearings
Measuring the bearing of one point from another.
N

240

Worksheet 3

060o

B
How are the bearings of
A and B from each other
related and why?

Bearings
Measuring the bearing of one point from another.
N

To Find the bearing of Q from P.

1. Draw a straight line between both points.

2. Draw a North line at P.
3. Measure angle between.

118o

Worksheet 3

Bearings
Measuring the bearing of one point from another.
To Find the bearing of P from Q.
N
298o

1. Draw a straight line between both points.

2. Draw a North line at Q.
3. Measure angle between.

Q
Worksheet 3

Bearings
Measuring the bearing of one point from another.
N
N
298o

118o

How are the bearings of

A and B from each
other related and why?
Worksheet 3