Thinking Skills 9694 past papers and mark schemes

434 papers · 48 sittings · 2002–2026

  • 11, 12 and 13 are the same paper set for different time zones. Any of them is fair practice.
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2024–2026

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2026

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Past

2016–2023

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2023

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Ancient

2015 and earlier

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2015

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2006

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2005

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2003

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2002

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END · That’s every Thinking Skills paper on file. The oldest is from 2002.

About these Thinking Skills papers

This is every Cambridge International AS & A Level Thinking Skills (9694) question paper on file: 434 papers from 48 sittings, 2002 to 2026. 431 of them have a mark scheme beside them. The newest sitting here is May/June 2026.

Thinking Skills is examined in May/June and Oct/Nov. It is made up of Paper 1, Paper 2, Paper 3 and Paper 4.

A paper’s two-digit number is its paper and its variant: 42 is Paper 4, variant 2. Variants 1, 2 and 3 are the same paper set for different time zones, so any of them is fair practice.

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