Bearings and scale drawingIB MYP Maths Standard: Mind map
Bearings
Back bearings
Scales
Bearings and scale
direction and distance
clockwisenorththree figures
Scale drawings
With trigonometry
Real-life (D)
Exam questions on Bearings and scale drawing
- A ship sails from port to port on a bearing of . Port is on a bearing of from .Find the size of angle .2 marks
- A map of an island has a scale of . The villages Karu and Mele are cm apart on the map.Another map of the island has a scale of . Find the distance between Karu and Mele on this map.2 marks
- A walker leaves a hut and walks km on a bearing of to a lake . She then walks km on a bearing of to a summit .Show that angle is and hence find the straight-line distance .3 marks
Written by the Exaim team, led by Shaun Daswani (Head of Upper Secondary, Improve ME Institute; MSc Financial Mathematics, Imperial College London; BSc, UCL) and Jason Daswani (operational lead, Improve ME Institute; LSE).