CAIE 9609 Business Paper 1 Business Concepts Past Papers
Cambridge International (CAIE) AS & A Level 9609 Business Paper 1 Business Concepts: written paper, 40 marks, 75 minutes. 20 past papers from 2023 to 2025; online practice is opening soon.
Take a past paper online — free once
Open any series below, then choose “Take this paper online”.
Variants: one series has several variants (v1/v2/v3); the last digit of the paper number is the variant, e.g. Paper 11 = v1, Paper 12 = v2, Paper 13 = v3. The Feb/March series usually has v2 only. Variants contain different questions of similar difficulty.
All series
| Series | Code | Max | Qs | Thresholds (min marks) | Online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct/Nov 2025 v1 | 9609/11/O/N/25 | – | – | – | soon |
| Oct/Nov 2025 v2 | 9609/12/O/N/25 | – | – | – | soon |
| Oct/Nov 2025 v3 | 9609/13/O/N/25 | – | – | – | soon |
| May/June 2025 v1 | 9609/11/M/J/25 | 40 | – | A 35 / C 28 / E 22 | soon |
| May/June 2025 v2 | 9609/12/M/J/25 | 40 | – | A 35 / C 30 / E 25 | soon |
| May/June 2025 v3 | 9609/13/M/J/25 | 40 | – | A 34 / C 29 / E 24 | soon |
| Feb/March 2025 v2 | 9609/12/F/M/25 | 40 | – | A 37 / C 30 / E 25 | soon |
| Oct/Nov 2024 v1 | 9609/11/O/N/24 | 40 | – | A 33 / C 27 / E 22 | soon |
| Oct/Nov 2024 v2 | 9609/12/O/N/24 | 40 | – | A 33 / C 26 / E 22 | soon |
| Oct/Nov 2024 v3 | 9609/13/O/N/24 | 40 | – | A 36 / C 31 / E 25 | soon |
| May/June 2024 v1 | 9609/11/M/J/24 | 40 | – | A 35 / C 30 / E 26 | soon |
| May/June 2024 v2 | 9609/12/M/J/24 | 40 | – | A 36 / C 31 / E 25 | soon |
| May/June 2024 v3 | 9609/13/M/J/24 | 40 | – | A 35 / C 30 / E 26 | soon |
| Feb/March 2024 v2 | 9609/12/F/M/24 | 40 | – | A 36 / C 29 / E 24 | soon |
| Oct/Nov 2023 v1 | 9609/11/O/N/23 | 40 | – | A 34 / C 29 / E 23 | soon |
| Oct/Nov 2023 v2 | 9609/12/O/N/23 | 40 | – | A 35 / C 30 / E 26 | soon |
| Oct/Nov 2023 v3 | 9609/13/O/N/23 | 40 | – | A 34 / C 27 / E 22 | soon |
| May/June 2023 v1 | 9609/11/M/J/23 | 40 | – | A 34 / C 28 / E 23 | soon |
| May/June 2023 v2 | 9609/12/M/J/23 | 40 | – | A 34 / C 29 / E 24 | soon |
| May/June 2023 v3 | 9609/13/M/J/23 | 40 | – | A 34 / C 29 / E 24 | soon |
Grade thresholds (average of latest 8 series)
Grade thresholds are the minimum raw marks published by the exam board for each series and variant. A single paper has grades A–E (A–G for IGCSE); A* is awarded only on the whole-subject total.
| Grade | A | B | C | D | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Min marks / 40 | 35 | 32 | 29 | 26 | 24 |
| Percent | 87% | 80% | 72% | 66% | 60% |
