Tasksheet

1. The bearing of a plane from an airport is 125°

Work out the bearing of the airport from the plane.

125°

Airport

N
Plane
2. Oliver runs from A to B and back again. N
a. What is the bearing of his outward run from A to B?
b. What is the bearing of his return run from B to A?
Explain your answer 70o B

A
Group 1
1. Michael runs from A to B and back again. N
a. What is the bearing of his outward run from A to B?
b. What is the bearing of his return run from B to A? N

2. Point B is 50km from point A on a bearing of 064 degrees. How far east of point
A is point B (to 3 sf) ?

3. Point B is 10km north and 4.3km east of A. What is the bearing of B from A ?
Extended task
B is 120m from A on a bearing of 053°.
Calculate (i) the distance d,
(ii) the bearing of A from B.
 Group 2
1. A hiker walks 1.5 km on a bearing 035◦. At this point he turns directly south and
walks 3.5 km. How far and on what bearing must he walk to return to his original
starting point?

2. A is 6 km due north of turbine B.

C is 4.5 km due west of turbine B.
(a) Calculate the distance AC.
(b) Calculate the bearing of C from A.
Give your answer correct to the nearest degree.

3. The diagram shows three points P, Q and R on horizontal ground.

PQ = 50 m, PR = 100 m and angle PQR = 140°.
(a) Calculate angle PRQ.
(b) The bearing of R from Q is 100°.
Find the bearing of P from R.
 Extended task
4.
Group 3
1. The bearing of B from A is 039 degrees and B is 20km from A. The bearing of C
from B is 050 degrees and C is 15km from B.
How far east of A is C (to the nearest km)?

2. There is a coastguard station at point A and at point B.

B is due East of A.The distance from A to B is 12 km.
There is a rowing boat at point R.
R is on a bearing of 160° from A. R is on a bearing of 220° from B.
There is a speedboat at point T.
T is 5 km due South of A.
Work out the shortest distance from T to R.
Give your answer correct to 1 decimal place.
You must show all your working.
 3. A, B and C are three towns. The bearing of B from A is 110°. The bearing of C
from B is 280°. km AC 38 = and km AB 50 = .
(i) Find the bearing of A from B.
(ii) Calculate angle BAC.
(iii) A road is built from A to join the straight road BC.
Calculate the shortest possible length of this new road.

Extended Task

Two ships, R and Q, left a port, P, at the same time. After two hours, R had travelled 8
km on a bearing 075◦ from port and Q had travelled 10 km on a bearing 305◦ from port.
How far apart are the two ships after two hours?