How do you draw 56 degrees 10 minutes and 26 seconds on paper? protractor ? circle? clock? any website that helps this type of construction? the minutes and seconds threw me off....

That's what they call dms and it's just another set of units for angles.

To convert you can do the math or you can look up a calculator to convert the seconds and minutes back to a decimal in degrees.

most protractors are not calibrated for that degree of accuracy.

1 ° = 60 minutes of angle, and
1 minute of angle = 60 seconds of angle

so 56°, 10' , 26''
= 56 + 10/60 + 26/3600 degrees
= appr 56.17°

So on my protractor I would try to mark off an angle just a bit more than 56°

Do not confuse the 60 minutes of 1° with the 60 minutes of 1 hour.
It is unfortunate that they have the same name, but have different meanings.
( we have other cases of the same kind of confusion,
e.g. one ounce of sugar and one ounce of orange juice, the "ounce" is used in one case to measure mass, in the other to measure volume)

To draw an angle of 56 degrees, 10 minutes, and 26 seconds on paper, you can use a protractor. Here's how you can do it:

1. Start by drawing a straight line using a ruler. This will serve as the baseline for your angle.

2. Place the protractor on the baseline, aligning the center hole of the protractor with the endpoint of the baseline.

3. Locate the 0-degree mark on the protractor and make sure it aligns with the endpoint of the baseline.

4. Look for the 56-degree mark on the protractor and mark it with a dot. This will be the vertex of your angle.

Now, let's deal with the minutes and seconds. A minute is equal to 1/60th of a degree, and a second is equal to 1/60th of a minute. So, to convert minutes and seconds into degrees:

- Minutes: Divide the number of minutes by 60. In this case, 10 minutes ÷ 60 = 0.1667 degrees.
- Seconds: Divide the number of seconds by 3600 (60 seconds × 60 minutes). In this case, 26 seconds ÷ 3600 = 0.0072 degrees.

5. Measure an additional 0.1667 degrees from the 56-degree mark on the protractor, and mark this point with a dot.

6. Measure an additional 0.0072 degrees from the previous dot, and mark the final point. This will complete the construction of your angle.

As for online resources, there are various websites that offer virtual protractors and angle construction tools. You can search for "online protractor tool" or "angle construction tool" to find options that can assist you in drawing precise angles.