Year 9 Bearings Worksheets | Printable PDFs
Year 9 Bearings worksheets for Year 9 Maths (Key Stage 3). Students aged 13–14 learn how to calculate bearings using angle facts and diagrams that are not drawn to scale. For practice measuring bearings go to Year 8 Bearings Worksheets.
Here, Year 9 students practise finding missing angles and calculating bearings in a range of geometric problem-solving questions.
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Calculating Bearings
For more Bearings Worksheets, see Year 8 Bearings Worksheets
Common Questions about Year 9 Bearings
How are bearings measured?
Bearings are measured clockwise from north and are written as three-digit angles.Why are north lines important when solving bearing problems?
North lines provide a reference direction, allowing angles to be measured accurately and compared between different locations.How can angle facts help you calculate unknown bearings?
Properties of parallel lines, triangles and quadrilaterals can be used alongside the clockwise-from-north rule to determine missing bearings.
Year 9 Bearings Common Mistakes
Common Mistake 1
Measuring the angle anticlockwise instead of clockwise from north.Common Mistake 2
Writing a bearing with fewer than three digits, such as 45° instead of 045°.Common Mistake 3
Using a different starting direction rather than measuring from the north line.
Bearings Worksheets - Free Worksheets Above
Calculating Bearings (A)
Calculating Bearings (B)
Calculating Bearings (B) (With Clues)