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Measuring, scale drawings and bearings worksheet — GCSE Foundation
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Measuring, scale drawings and bearings worksheet — GCSE Foundation
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- 1.A submarine travels due south. What is the three-figure bearing for this direction?
- 2.A bearing is described as being exactly halfway between north and east, measured clockwise. What is the three-figure bearing?
- 3.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?
- 4.An angle is measured with a protractor as 47°. What type of angle is this?
- 5.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?
- 6.The bearing of a harbour B from a ferry's position A is 260°. What is the bearing of A from B?
- 7.A ship sails 12 km on a bearing of 070° from a harbour to a buoy. It then sails a further 9 km, still on a bearing of 070°, from the buoy to a lighthouse. How far is the lighthouse from the harbour, in kilometres?
- 8.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.
- 9.A hiker walks due west. What is the three-figure bearing for this direction?
- 10.A scale drawing of a bridge uses a scale of 1 : 25. A support beam on the drawing measures 4.4 cm. What is the real length of the beam, in metres?
- 11.The angle between north and a footpath is 35°, measured clockwise from north. What is the three-figure bearing of the footpath?
- 12.A treasure map has a scale of 1 cm to 4 m. A path from the start to a rock is drawn as two straight sections, measuring 3 cm and 2.5 cm. Work out the total real distance from the start to the rock, in metres.
- 13.A scale drawing of a rectangular lawn uses a scale of 1 : 125. On the drawing, the lawn measures 4 cm by 2.4 cm. Work out the perimeter of the real lawn, in metres.
- 14.A line segment is measured with a ruler and found to be 6.5 cm long. What is this length in millimetres?
- 15.A survey team measures the angle between two fences with a protractor and gets a reading of 254°. What type of angle is this?
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