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Roger starts walking due West.
He makes a quarter turn right and keeps walking.
Then, he makes another quarter turn right and stops.
What direction is Roger now facing?
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`:.\ text(Roger now facing due East.)`
Cameron is camping with 4 friends.
They have individual tents shown on the diagram below.
Brandon's tent is north-west of Cameron and Dan's tent is to Cameron's north.
What is Cameron's position?
| B2 | B6 | D4 | F2 | F6 |
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`text(Cameron’s tent is located at F2.)`
This is a map of mountains in a national park.
Tony is at the Hillary Lodge facing East. He turns 225° in a clockwise direction.
Which mountain is Tony now facing?
| `text(Mt Black Dog)` | `text(Mt Ellis)` | `text(Mt Blart)` | `text(Mt Can Can)` |
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`text(Mt Blart)`
Roger is driving on Bond St in the direction of the arrows in the map below.
In what direction is Roger driving?
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North-East |
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North-West |
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South-East |
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South-West |
Harry lives on a street that runs directly east-west.
Harry's house is east of town hall and north of the pool.
What street does Harry live in?
| Right St. | Bourke St. | Anne St. | Cube St. |
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A car travelling south-west along Jake Road takes a 90° turn left into Benson Road.
In which direction will the car be travelling along Benson Road?
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`text(south-west)` |
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`text(north-east)` |
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`text(south-east)` |
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`text(north-west)` |
`text(south-east)`
Chevy drives from the car yard to the petrol station.
Which directions best describe his drive there?
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north-east, north, north-west then east |
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north-west, north, north-east then east |
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north-east, north, north-west, west |
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north-west, north, north-east then west |
`text(north-east, north, north-west, west)`
A pathway surrounds a park in the shape of an octagon, as shown in the diagram below.
Penelope walks around the park, starting at point A and walking south.
When she is `1/3` of the distance around, what direction is she heading?
| `text(north-east)` | `text(south)` | `text(east)` | `text(south-east)` |
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A map of a park shows four different gates.
If Alan enters the park and is travelling in south-east direction, what gate did he enter the park by?
| `text(Gate 1)` | `text(Gate 2)` | `text(Gate 3)` | `text(Gate 4)` |
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Brian enters a park at one of the entries shown below.
The map is drawn to scale but no scale is given.
He moves 60 metres in a north-east direction and then turns and walks 30 metres in a south-east direction.
Which point on the map shows where Brian ended up?
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Peter is standing 8 metres due west of Mary.
Bob is standing 8 metres due north of Mary.
Bob is facing north. He then turns anticlockwise so that he is facing Peter.
How many degrees does Bob turn through?
| `45^@` | `60^@` | `90^@` | `120^@` | `135^@` |
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`text(Degrees Bob turns through)`
`= 90 + 45`
`= 135^@`
Ian is facing south. He turns 150° clockwise.
Ian then turns anticlockwise until he faces east.
By how many degrees did Ian turn anticlockwise?
| `60^@` | `180^@` | `240^@` | `330^@` |
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`150^@ + 90^@ = 240^@`