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Cooking Measurement Equivalents

The information below shows measuring equivalents for teaspoons, tablespoons, cups, pints, fluid ounces, and more. This page also includes the conversions for metric and U.S. systems of measurement.

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1 tablespoon (tbsp) =	3 teaspoons (tsp)
¹/16 cup =	1 tablespoon
¹/8 cup =	2 tablespoons
¹/6 cup =	2 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons
¹/4 cup =	4 tablespoons
¹/3 cup =	5 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon
³/8 cup =	6 tablespoons
¹/2 cup =	8 tablespoons
²/3 cup =	10 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons
³/4 cup =	12 tablespoons

1 cup =	48 teaspoons
1 cup =	16 tablespoons
8 fluid ounces (fl oz) =	1 cup
1 pint (pt) =	2 cups
1 quart (qt) =	2 pints
4 cups =	1 quart
1 gallon (gal) =	4 quarts
16 ounces (oz) =	1 pound (lb)
1 milliliter (ml) =	1 cubic centimeter (cc)
1 inch (in) =	2.54 centimeters (cm)

Source: United States Dept. of Agriculture (USDA).

U.S.–Metric Cooking Conversions

U.S. to Metric

Capacity		Weight
¹/5 teaspoon	1 milliliter	1 oz	28 grams
1 teaspoon	5 ml	1 pound	454 grams
1 tablespoon	15 ml
1 fluid oz	30 ml
¹/5 cup	47 ml
1 cup	237 ml
2 cups (1 pint)	473 ml
4 cups (1 quart)	.95 liter
4 quarts (1 gal.)	3.8 liters

Metric to U.S.

Capacity		Weight
1 milliliter	¹/5 teaspoon	1 gram	.035 ounce
5 ml	1 teaspoon	100 grams	3.5 ounces
15 ml	1 tablespoon	500 grams	1.10 pounds
100 ml	3.4 fluid oz	1 kilogram	2.205 pounds = 35 ounces
240 ml	1 cup
1 liter	34 fluid oz = 4.2 cups = 2.1 pints = 1.06 quarts = 0.26 gallon

Origins of Measurements

Measurement

Standard Measurements in Sports

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