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Cambridge IGCSE Business (0264)

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A café sells 2000 meals a month. Its break-even output is 1500 meals a month. Calculate its margin of safety.[2 marks]

This is worth 2 marks. They go for:

  • Margin of safety = actual output − break-even output (1 mark)
  • 2000 − 1500 = 500 meals a month (1 mark)

Examiner tip: Give the unit. If the next question asks what it means, say sales could fall by 500 meals a month before the café makes a loss.

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Assessment

How Cambridge IGCSE Business is assessed

There are no tiers. Everyone takes both papers, each worth 50%, and can get grades A*–G.

Syllabus 0264, for exams in 2027–2029. It replaces Business Studies 0450, which has its last exams in 2026 and the same two papers.

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  • Paper 1: Short Answer and Data Response

    Four compulsory questions, each built on stimulus material such as tables, graphs and images

    Time
    1 h 30 min
    Marks
    80
    Weight
    50%

  • Paper 2: Case Study

    Four compulsory questions on a case study given as an insert, with data in its appendices

    Time
    1 h 30 min
    Marks
    80
    Weight
    50%

There is no coursework. Both papers are written exams, and the case study is first seen in the exam.

From the official Cambridge International syllabus, checked October 2026. Read the syllabus

Syllabus content

What’s on the Cambridge IGCSE Business syllabus

  • Understanding business activity
  • People in business
  • Marketing
  • Operations management
  • Financial information and decisions
  • External influences on business activity

Where marks are lost

Common Cambridge IGCSE Business mistakes

  • Answering about business in general.

    Use the case: its name, its products and the numbers in the appendices. A point that would fit any business earns fewer marks.

  • Treating profit and cash as the same thing.

    A profitable business can still run out of cash. Profit is revenue minus costs; cash flow is about when money comes in and goes out.

  • Stopping before the decision.

    Questions that ask you to justify or recommend need a clear choice, the reason it beats the alternative, and what it depends on.

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FAQ

Cambridge IGCSE Business questions, answered.

0450 has its last exams in 2026. Its papers have the same lengths, marks and weightings as 0264, and the six topics are the same, so the help works for both. Tell your tutor which code you’re taking.

Yes. Paste or photograph a practice case study, and your tutor helps you pick out the evidence, use the appendix data and plan each answer.

Yes. Your tutor works through break-even, margin of safety, profit margins and the other formulas in the syllabus, then gives you similar questions to try.

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