CAIE 9709 Mathematics Past Papers

Cambridge International (CAIE) AS & A Level 9709 Mathematics: 5 papers, 200 past papers from 2020 to 2025 (including v1–v3 variants); 200 can be taken online on Sagacia.

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Papers

Paper	Type	Marks	Minutes	Papers	Online
Paper 1 Pure Mathematics 1	written	75	110	40	40
Paper 3 Pure Mathematics 3	written	75	110	40	40
Paper 4 Mechanics	written	50	75	40	40
Paper 5 Probability & Statistics 1	written	50	75	40	40
Paper 6 Probability & Statistics 2	written	50	75	40	40

Past papers by series

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Series	Pure 1	Pure 3	Mechanics 1	Statistics 1	Statistics 2
May/June 2025	v1 v2 v3 v5	v1 v2 v3 v5	v1 v2 v3 v5	v1 v2 v3 v5	v1 v2 v3 v5
Feb/March 2025	v2	v2	v2	v2	v2
Oct/Nov 2024	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3
May/June 2024	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3
Feb/March 2024	v2	v2	v2	v2	v2
Oct/Nov 2023	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3
May/June 2023	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3
Feb/March 2023	v2	v2	v2	v2	v2
Oct/Nov 2022	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3
May/June 2022	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3
Feb/March 2022	v2	v2	v2	v2	v2
Oct/Nov 2021	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3
May/June 2021	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3
Feb/March 2021	v2	v2	v2	v2	v2
Oct/Nov 2020	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3
May/June 2020	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3	v1 v2 v3
Feb/March 2020	v2	v2	v2	v2	v2

Grade threshold overview

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. The table averages the latest 8 series (all variants).

Paper	Max	A	B	C	D	E
Paper 1 Pure Mathematics 1	75	57 (76%)	49 (65%)	38 (51%)	27 (36%)	17 (22%)
Paper 3 Pure Mathematics 3	75	55 (73%)	47 (63%)	38 (51%)	30 (40%)	20 (27%)
Paper 4 Mechanics	50	39 (79%)	34 (67%)	27 (54%)	20 (41%)	14 (28%)
Paper 5 Probability & Statistics 1	50	40 (80%)	35 (70%)	28 (57%)	21 (43%)	15 (30%)
Paper 6 Probability & Statistics 2	50	41 (81%)	35 (71%)	29 (58%)	23 (45%)	16 (33%)

Topic coverage (share of marks)

Based on fully verified past papers, sorted by share of marks.

Paper 1 Pure Mathematics 1

1.6 Series512 marks · 17%

1.7 Differentiation475 marks · 16%

1.2 Functions445 marks · 15%

1.3 Coordinate geometry414 marks · 14%

1.8 Integration332 marks · 11%

1.5 Trigonometry317 marks · 11%

Paper 3 Pure Mathematics 3

3.1 Algebra411 marks · 14%

3.4 Differentiation410 marks · 14%

3.9 Complex numbers408 marks · 14%

3.7 Vectors379 marks · 13%

3.5 Integration332 marks · 11%

3.8 Differential equations331 marks · 11%

Paper 4 Mechanics

4.2 Kinematics of motion in a straight line738 marks · 37%

4.1 Forces and equilibrium568 marks · 28%

4.5 Energy, work and power347 marks · 17%

4.4 Newton's laws of motion156 marks · 8%

4.3 Momentum142 marks · 7%

49 marks · 2%

Paper 5 Probability & Statistics 1

5.3 Probability477 marks · 24%

5.1 Representation of data377 marks · 19%

5.5 The normal distribution357 marks · 18%

5.2 Permutations and combinations352 marks · 18%

5.4 Discrete random variables313 marks · 16%

124 marks · 6%

Paper 6 Probability & Statistics 2

6.1 The Poisson distribution465 marks · 23%

6.5 Hypothesis tests419 marks · 21%

6.4 Sampling and estimation379 marks · 19%

6.3 Continuous random variables321 marks · 16%

6.2 Linear combinations of random variables281 marks · 14%

141 marks · 7%