9609/22/F/M/26 · 9609_m26_qp_22
A Level Business 9609 Paper 2 Business Concepts 2 — February/March 2026
9609/22/F/M/26 is component 22 of Cambridge International A Level Business from the February/March 2026 series — Business Concepts 2: 60 marks over 1h 30m, across 2 questions. Past-paper sites list it as 9609_m26_qp_22.
It is answered from a case study about Influencer Xperience (IX) and Yvette's Vet (YV) — every application mark on the paper comes from using that material.
Quanta has broken this paper down part by part against the assessment-objective grids in its published mark scheme. Below is how its marks split between knowledge, application, analysis and evaluation — which tells you what kind of writing the paper is actually rewarding.
Updated 28 September 2026
At a glance
| Cambridge code | 9609/22/F/M/26 |
|---|---|
| Filename | 9609_m26_qp_22 |
| Syllabus | 9609 — Business (AS & A Level) |
| Component | 22 (Paper 2 Business Concepts 2) |
| Series | February/March 2026 |
| Case study | Influencer Xperience (IX) and Yvette's Vet (YV) |
| Duration | 1h 30m |
| Total marks | 60 |
| Questions | 2 (12 parts) |
What this paper needed for each grade
After marking February/March 2026, Cambridge set the thresholds for this paper as follows — the raw mark out of 60 required for each grade. A grade A took 44 marks, which is 73.3% of the paper.
| Grade | Raw mark needed | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| A | 44 / 60 | 73.3% |
| B | 38 / 60 | 63.3% |
| C | 34 / 60 | 56.7% |
| D | 30 / 60 | 50% |
| E | 26 / 60 | 43.3% |
Grade A* is deliberately absent: Cambridge does not set one for an individual component. A* is awarded on the overall syllabus threshold across the papers you were entered for — for this paper that is 12 + 22 + 32 + 42, or 12 + 22. Every 9609 series, with the syllabus thresholds →
Figures re-keyed from Cambridge’s published threshold table for this series.
The question paper and mark scheme
Cambridge publishes the question paper and mark scheme for 9609/22/F/M/26 (9609_m26_qp_22) itself — through your school and through Cambridge’s own site. They are © Cambridge University Press & Assessment, so Quanta does not host them, and this page describes the paper rather than reproducing it.
What Quanta does instead is the part the PDF leaves to you: sit this paper online and have it marked against the assessment-objective grids in that mark scheme, objective by objective, with the reasoning shown for every mark. Free, and no download to print.
If what you want from the mark scheme is to understand how it awards marks, the grids behind every 9609 question are set out here.
Where the marks are, by assessment objective
Every part of a 9609 paper is marked against a grid that splits its tariff between the four assessment objectives — a 12-mark question is 2 knowledge, 2 application, 2 analysis and 6 evaluation. Summing those grids across the whole paper gives the split below. How the grids work, and what each objective demands →
AO2 Application carries 20 of the 60 marks (33%). On a Business paper that is usually where candidates lose most — examiner reports say the same thing every series: marks are dropped not for lack of knowledge but for not applying it to the case, or for describing where a judgement was asked for.
Where the marks are, by syllabus topic
Every part of this paper is labelled with the 9609 syllabus topic it tests, read against its published mark scheme.
Every 9609 question sorted by topic, across all the papers →
How to answer each question type on this paper
The tariff of a 9609 question fixes its grid, so the same technique works on every question of that size. This paper sets:
- 2 × 12-mark12-mark 'evaluate' questions →
- 2 × 8-mark8-mark 'analyse' questions →
- 6 × 3-markShort-answer questions (2, 3 and 5 marks) →
- 2 × 1-markShort-answer questions (2, 3 and 5 marks) →
Revision guides for this paper
Free guides covering the areas this paper leans on, heaviest first:
Practising this paper
Cambridge publishes past papers and mark schemes through its own site and through schools — this page describes the paper rather than reproducing it. Inside Quanta you can sit this paper as it is set: the case study beside the answer boxes, one question at a time, and every answer marked automatically against the published mark scheme, objective by objective, with the reasoning shown — and your teacher can adjust any mark.
Practise 9609/22/F/M/26 against real mark schemes
Quanta has real Cambridge A Level Business 9609 past-paper questions, with the case study beside the answer boxes, every answer marked automatically against the published mark scheme objective by objective, and the reasoning shown — and it tracks which skills you’re missing. Free for individual students.
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Component 22 from other series — same structure, same style, useful once you have used this one up:
All Cambridge International A Level Business (9609) past papers →
Common questions
What does 9609/22/F/M/26 mean?
It is Cambridge’s reference for one specific paper: 9609 is the syllabus, 22 the component (Paper 2 Business Concepts 2, variant 2), and the rest is the series — February/March 2026.
What is 9609_m26_qp_22?
The same paper in the filename convention past-paper sites use: 9609 syllabus, m26 for the series (m = February/March, s = May/June, w = October/November, then the year), qp for the question paper (the mark scheme is ms, the examiner report er), and 22 the component.
How long is this paper?
1h 30m for 60 marks — roughly 90 seconds per mark. Practising at that pace matters as much as knowing the content.