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Measuring, scale drawings and bearings worksheet — GCSE Foundation
Fifteen questions on "measuring, scale drawings and bearings" — DfE statement G15. Print it, or print three versions so neighbours cannot copy by letter; the key gives the letter for each version.
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Measuring, scale drawings and bearings worksheet — GCSE Foundation
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- 1.The bearing of a campsite B from a walker's position A is 070°. What is the bearing of A from B?
- 2.A survey team measures the angle between two fences with a protractor and gets a reading of 254°. What type of angle is this?
- 3.A garden plan is drawn to a scale of 1 cm : 1.8 m. A path on the plan measures 4.5 cm. What is the real length of the path, in metres, to 1 decimal place?
- 4.A submarine travels due south. What is the three-figure bearing for this direction?
- 5.Two straight paths cross at a junction in a park. One of the angles between them, measured with a protractor, is 76°. What is the size of the angle immediately next to it on a straight line?
- 6.A line segment is measured with a ruler and found to be 6.5 cm long. What is this length in millimetres?
- 7.A plan of a school hall uses a scale of 1 : 250. A wall is drawn 3.4 cm long on the plan. Sam wants to know the wall's real length in metres. What is it?
- 8.Two straight roads cross at a junction. The angle between them, measured with a protractor, is 118°. What is the size of the angle vertically opposite to it?
- 9.A church tower is due east of a village. What is the three-figure bearing of the church tower from the village?
- 10.The angle between north and a footpath is 35°, measured clockwise from north. What is the three-figure bearing of the footpath?
- 11.A model car is built to a scale of 1 : 24. The real car is 4.32 m long. Work out the length of the model, in centimetres.
- 12.The angle between north and a cycle path is 40°, but it is measured anticlockwise from north. What is the three-figure bearing of the cycle path?
- 13.A scale drawing shows a room that is 5 cm wide. The real room is 15 m wide. Write the scale of the drawing in the form 1 : n.
- 14.An angle is measured with a protractor as 47°. What type of angle is this?
- 15.A plan of a car park is drawn to a scale of 1 : 500. A parking bay is drawn as a rectangle measuring 1.2 cm by 0.6 cm. The real width of the bay corresponds to the 0.6 cm side. What is the real width of the bay, in metres?
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