IMPORTANT (SORRY)... HB pencil = No. 2 pencil ?

Test Preparation
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Sorry if this is the wrong forum, but… for the AP test, we need No. 2 pencils. Is this the same as HB??

2

No.2B is darker.

http://www.google.com/search?q=pencil+lead+color+scale&client=ms-android-samsung&biw=360&bih=615&site=webhp&prmd=sivn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj-t_a2y7jMAhUBraYKHav9AbIQ_AUIBygC#imgdii=9z-_UOlO1tZ29M%3A%3BuoiHeO0WM73iWM%3A%3BuoiHeO0WM73iWM%3A&imgrc=uoiHeO0WM73iWM%3A

3

Oh, haha, my dad was an architect and we never had #2 pencils around the house. Only eraserless HB, 2B, etc. and those horrible H’s. I would go with 2B as well, though I do think HB is technically equivalent to #2. My personal favorite is the very soft 4B but probably too soft for filling in those circles!
http://pencils.com/hb-graphite-grading-scale/

4

HB is equivalent to 2.

5

Yup, take HB pencils, or equivalently, #2 pencils.

6

Just buy some #2 pencils already. It’ll cost you a buck a dozen.

7

“HB” and “Number 2” are different names for the same thing:

http://pencils.com/what-is-a-no-2-pencil/

If the OP does not live in the U.S., he or she will have trouble buying a box labeled “Number 2” as that designation is not widely used outside of the U.S. The international term for the same thing is “HB.”

8

I don’t live in the US, and all the shops and supermarkets that sell school supplies all sell #2 pencils for examinations. It’s a pretty standard thing.

9

^ Not really; depends on where.