What you need to know
Check yourself against these “I can” statements.
- I can measure and give a bearing as a three-figure angle clockwise from north
- I can draw accurate scale diagrams involving bearings
- I can solve angle problems involving bearings, including back bearings
Practise this topic
4 resourcesBearings
Scale drawings (answers within 2° and 5%), back bearings and angles from parallel north lines, right-angled trigonometry, the sine and cosine rules, then harder problems mixing them. A diagram with every question. Five levels…
⬢ BlockbustersBearings Blockbusters
Blockbusters with the questions from the Bearings worksheet: choose its levels for the ordinary hexagons and for the harder ★ ones. Show the answer and the worked solution, or play against the computer with multiple choice.
🕹️ Topic gameBearings Golf
Eighteen holes of mini golf where every shot’s direction is a bearing: type three figures, watch the golfer turn clockwise from north, then stop the swinging power bar. No protractor, so students estimate: compass points first…
🕹️ Topic gameMatrix Mini Golf
Eighteen holes of top-down mini golf: aim the golfer, then stop the swinging power bar. KS3 turns by angles; AQA FM uses rotation matrices with 90° turns; A Level adds 45° (1/√2); Advanced takes any angle to 2 d.p. The last six…
These are the pages for Bearings in the Year 8 scheme of work, following Pearson Edexcel Maths Progress Delta 2. Open this topic in Mr Wells Maths to see it alongside the rest of the course.