Cooking converter — fractions, not decimals
Recipes say 3/4 cup; calculators answer 0.75. This table speaks recipe.
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Cup fractions in every cooking unit
| Cups | tbsp | tsp | floz | ml | pt | qt | gal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/8 cup | 2 | 6 | 1 | 29.57353 | 0.0625 | 0.03125 | 0.0078125 |
| 1/4 cup | 4 | 12 | 2 | 59.147059 | 0.125 | 0.0625 | 0.015625 |
| 5.333333 | 16 | 2.666667 | 78.862745 | 0.16666667 | 0.08333333 | 0.02083333 | |
| 1/2 cup | 8 | 24 | 4 | 118.294 | 0.25 | 0.125 | 0.03125 |
| 10.666667 | 32 | 5.333333 | 157.725 | 0.33333333 | 0.16666667 | 0.04166667 | |
| 3/4 cup | 12 | 36 | 6 | 177.441 | 0.375 | 0.1875 | 0.046875 |
| 1 cup | 16 | 48 | 8 | 236.588 | 0.5 | 0.25 | 0.0625 |
| 1 1/2 cup | 24 | 72 | 12 | 354.882 | 0.75 | 0.375 | 0.09375 |
| 2 cup | 32 | 96 | 16 | 473.176 | 1 | 0.5 | 0.125 |
| 3 cup | 48 | 144 | 24 | 709.765 | 1.5 | 0.75 | 0.1875 |
| 4 cup | 64 | 192 | 32 | 946.353 | 2 | 1 | 0.25 |
Questions
How many ounces in a cup?
8 US fluid ounces — and 16 tablespoons, or 48 teaspoons. The cup here is the US legal cup of 236.5882365 ml.
How many tablespoons in 3/4 cup?
12 tablespoons. Halving a recipe is just halving the fraction: 3/4 cup is 12 tbsp, so a half-batch needs 6 tbsp.
Are US and UK cups the same?
No. The US cup is 236.588 ml, the UK metric cup in practice 250 ml, and the old imperial cup 284 ml. This table uses the US legal cup throughout.