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Exercises: Bearings and Scale Drawing

Bearings are always measured clockwise from North and written with three figures (e.g. 045°045\degree, not 45°45\degree).

Grade 7·17 problems·~27 min·Uganda NCDC Primary 7 Mathematics·lesson·construction-04
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Review the compass directions and three-figure bearing notation.

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A direction is read as 77 degrees clockwise from North. Written as a proper three-figure bearing, this is   ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲ ̲   °\degree.

three-figure bearing: