Cambridge 9609 · Paper 4 Business Strategy
A Level Business 9609 Paper 4 Past Papers
Cambridge 9609 Paper 4 (Business Strategy) is 40 marks in 1h 15m. Quanta has mapped 1 sittings from 2025 to 2025, every part tagged to the assessment objective it tests — so the breakdown below is what Paper 4 has actually asked, summed across 1 papers, rather than a guess from the syllabus.
Every sitting has its own page, listed by series below, with its Cambridge code in both forms (9609/43/O/N/25 and 9609_w25_qp_43).
Updated 15 September 2026
At a glance
- Paper
- Paper 4 Business Strategy
- Subject
- Cambridge A Level Business 9609
- Marks
- 40
- Time
- 1h 15m
- Questions
- 2 (2 parts)
- Sittings mapped
- 1 (2025–2025)
What Paper 4 tests, by assessment objective
Summing the assessment-objective grids of every question across all 1 sittings gives the split below. How the grids work →
Every sitting sets the same question sizes, and the size fixes the grid — so the technique for each one carries from paper to paper:
- 2 × 20-mark20-mark essays (Paper 4) →
Revision guides for Paper 4
All 9609 Paper 4 sittings
October/November 2025
Practise A Level Business 9609 Paper 4 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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What is Cambridge 9609 Paper 4?
Paper 4 of Cambridge A Level Business 9609 — Business Strategy. It is 40 marks in 1h 15m, with 2 questions. Quanta has mapped 1 sittings from 2025 to 2025.
How long is 9609 Paper 4?
1h 15m for 40 marks — about 1.9 minutes per mark, which is the pacing to hold.
Where can I get 9609 Paper 4 past papers?
Cambridge publishes past papers and mark schemes through its own site and through schools; they are © Cambridge University Press & Assessment, so the pages here describe each paper rather than reproduce it. Inside Quanta, every sitting listed above is practised online question by question and marked per assessment objective against the published scheme.