Bearings Quiz
Test your knowledge of Bearings for GCSE Maths, with this quiz.
This quiz consists of 15 questions, including multiple-choice and short-answer questions on the topic of Bearings for GCSE Maths.
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A plane is flying on a bearing of 070°. Which direction is the plane heading?
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The bearing of point C from point A is 245°. What is the bearing of A from C?
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A boat sails on a bearing of 090°. What is the boat’s direction?
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What is the bearing from point X to point Y, where point Y is 7 km North and 8 km East of point X?
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From point P, the bearing to point Q is 080°. What is the bearing of point P from point Q?
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A ship sails on a bearing of 045° for 40 miles. What direction is the ship heading?
Answer: North-East
The bearing from point A to point B is 120°, and the bearing from point B to point C is 210°. What is the bearing of point C from point A?
Answer: 210°
The bearing of point C from point D is 135°. What is the bearing from point D to point C?
Answer: 315°
Point A is at coordinates (4, 5) and point B is at (9, 12). What is the bearing of point B from point A?
Answer: 053°
A person walks from point X to point Y on a bearing of 280°. How far west did they travel?
Answer: 280° corresponds to a westward direction (approximately). The person walked 280° west.
The bearing from point A to point B is 060°. The bearing from point B to point C is 150°. What is the bearing from point A to point C?
Answer: 150°
A boat sails on a bearing of 270° for 25 miles. Which direction is the boat heading?
Answer: West
The bearing of point Q from point P is 180°. What is the bearing of point P from point Q?
Answer: 000° or 360°
Point A is at (2, 3) and point B is at (8, 6). What is the bearing of point B from point A?
Answer: 032°
The bearing from point X to point Y is 090°, and the bearing from point Y to point Z is 180°. What is the bearing from point X to point Z?
Answer: 180°
If two tangents are drawn to a circle from the same external point, what is the angle between the tangents?
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