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Angles and Bearings

Bearings

38 self-marking GCSE and IGCSE practice questions on Bearings, written specifically for AQA, Pearson, OCR, Pearson International GCSE Maths A (4MA1), Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics (0580), Cambridge IGCSE (9-1) Mathematics (0980) across Foundation and Higher and Core and Extended tier. Instant marking with full worked solutions on every question.

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Sample Bearings questions

A few of the 38 questions, from easier to harder. Choose your exam board and tier to practise them, with every answer marked.

Question 11 markGrade 3
The bearing of A from B is 310°. Which is the bearing of B from A? 050°, 110°, 130°, 220°
Show the worked solution
Since 310° > 180°, the reverse bearing = 310° − 180° = 130°.
Question 22 marksGrade 3-4
The bearing of the ship, S, from the lighthouse, L, is $344°$ . Work out the bearing of the lighthouse from the ship. Give your answer as a three-figure bearing.

What are the common mistakes in Bearings?

When a pupil makes one of these on Revision Workshop, the marking engine names the mistake and explains it, instead of just marking the answer wrong.

Adds or subtracts 180° incorrectly (wrong sign/direction) when finding a back bearing
Chose the wrong operation for the back bearing - subtracted 180 when the bearing was under 180 (or added 180 when it was over 180) instead of testing which case applies.
Measures an angle or bearing from the wrong reference direction
Treated the bearing as measured anticlockwise from north (or from south) instead of clockwise from north, giving 360° minus the bearing rather than correctly reversing it by 180°.
Adds the two shorter sides directly instead of squaring, summing, and square-rooting per Pythagoras' theorem
Simply added the two distances together instead of recognising the right angle at B and applying Pythagoras' theorem.

Quick answers about Bearings

How many Bearings practice questions are there?: There are 38 self-marking GCSE and IGCSE Maths questions on Bearings, written for AQA, Pearson, OCR, Pearson International GCSE Maths A (4MA1), Cambridge IGCSE Mathematics (0580), Cambridge IGCSE (9-1) Mathematics (0980) across Foundation and Higher and Core and Extended tier. Each one is marked instantly and has a full worked solution.
Do I need an account to practise Bearings?: No. You can start practising Bearings straight away without an account. A free account keeps your results across sessions, so you can see your progress on this topic over time.