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Problem solving with bearings

The starter and exit quiz of the lesson “Problem solving with bearings”, from the unit “Bearings” (Year 10 Maths) by Oak National Academy.

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12 questions

  1. Knowing all North indicators are ___ (North is the same direction) allows us to use a range of angle facts to work out bearings.
  2. The bearing from a plane to the ship is 083°. Work out the bearing from the ship to the plane.
  3. The bearing from Oak City to Acorn Town is 138°. Work out the bearing from Acorn Town to Oak City.
  4. Match the interior angle for each of the following regular polygons.
  5. Which of these is a correct formula for using the tangent function?
  6. Given a right-angled triangle, the opposite length is 2 cm and the adjacent length is 3 cm, work out the angle formed between the adjacent and the hypotenuse. Give your answer to 1 d.p.
  7. Match the bearing with the statements.
  8. Three towns form an equilateral triangle; X, Y and Z. Z is due East from X.
  9. B is 7 km due East from A. C is 4 km due North from B. D is 3 km due West from C. Using squares, where the length of 1 square is 1 km work out the bearing from A to D.
  10. Using the diagram, work out the bearing from C to A.
  11. Identify which of the following are always true, sometimes true or never true.
  12. A boat travels due South from port A for 5 km. It then travels due West and arrives at port B . The straight line distance from A to B is 15 km. What is the bearing from B to A?

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