8. Degrees, Minutes, Seconds A ‘degree’ is divided into 60 ‘minutes’. A ‘minute’ is divided into 60 ‘seconds’ This allows us to create angles with a much greater degree of accuracy (very important in navigation).
10. We can also write a decimal form of the angle measure in DMS (degrees, minutes, seconds) form…
11. Radians - preferred in mathematics A radian is another way to measure angles 1 radian is the size of an angle needed to create an arc that is the same length as the radius of a circle.