CAIE 9609 Business Paper 4 Business Strategy Past Papers
Cambridge International (CAIE) AS & A Level 9609 Business Paper 4 Business Strategy: written paper, 40 marks, 75 minutes. 20 past papers from 2023 to 2025; 18 can be taken online.
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 41 = v1, Paper 42 = v2, Paper 43 = 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 | 9609/41/O/N/25 | – | 2 | – | online |
| Oct/Nov 2025 v2 | 9609/42/O/N/25 | – | 2 | – | online |
| Oct/Nov 2025 v3 | 9609/43/O/N/25 | – | 2 | – | online |
| May/June 2025 v1 | 9609/41/M/J/25 | 40 | 2 | A 30 / C 24 / E 17 | online |
| May/June 2025 v2 | 9609/42/M/J/25 | 40 | 2 | A 23 / C 19 / E 16 | online |
| May/June 2025 v3 | 9609/43/M/J/25 | 40 | 2 | A 30 / C 24 / E 17 | online |
| Feb/March 2025 v2 | 9609/42/F/M/25 | 40 | – | A 27 / C 20 / E 13 | soon |
| Oct/Nov 2024 v1 | 9609/41/O/N/24 | 40 | 2 | A 26 / C 19 / E 12 | online |
| Oct/Nov 2024 v2 | 9609/42/O/N/24 | 40 | 2 | A 23 / C 17 / E 12 | online |
| Oct/Nov 2024 v3 | 9609/43/O/N/24 | 40 | 2 | A 30 / C 25 / E 21 | online |
| May/June 2024 v1 | 9609/41/M/J/24 | 40 | – | A 31 / C 26 / E 20 | soon |
| May/June 2024 v2 | 9609/42/M/J/24 | 40 | 2 | A 22 / C 18 / E 14 | online |
| May/June 2024 v3 | 9609/43/M/J/24 | 40 | 2 | A 30 / C 24 / E 17 | online |
| Feb/March 2024 v2 | 9609/42/F/M/24 | 40 | 2 | A 28 / C 21 / E 14 | online |
| Oct/Nov 2023 v1 | 9609/41/O/N/23 | 40 | 2 | A 30 / C 25 / E 21 | online |
| Oct/Nov 2023 v2 | 9609/42/O/N/23 | 40 | 2 | A 30 / C 23 / E 15 | online |
| Oct/Nov 2023 v3 | 9609/43/O/N/23 | 40 | 2 | A 30 / C 25 / E 21 | online |
| May/June 2023 v1 | 9609/41/M/J/23 | 40 | 2 | A 30 / C 24 / E 17 | online |
| May/June 2023 v2 | 9609/42/M/J/23 | 40 | 2 | A 30 / C 24 / E 17 | online |
| May/June 2023 v3 | 9609/43/M/J/23 | 40 | 2 | A 30 / C 24 / E 17 | online |
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 | 28 | 26 | 22 | 19 | 17 |
| Percent | 71% | 65% | 56% | 48% | 41% |
