Convert US cups to US tablespoons
0.25 US cups is 4 tbsp. One US cup is exactly 16 US tablespoons.
0.25 US cups is 4 US tablespoons, because one US cup is 16 US tablespoons. To convert US cups to US tablespoons, multiply by 16; to go the other way, divide by 16 or multiply by 0.0625. The factor is exact rather than rounded: it follows from NIST Handbook 130. Eight US fluid ounces, about 236.6 ml.
Factor checked against the defining standard · How we check
- US cups × 16
0.25 * 164 tbsp
0.25 US cups in every volume unit
| Unit | Value | Exact factor |
|---|---|---|
| US teaspoons | 12 tsp | × 48 |
| US tablespoons | 4 tbsp | × 16 |
| US fluid ounces | 2 fl oz | × 8 |
| US cups (as entered) | 0.25 cup | — |
| US pints | 0.125 pt | × 0.5 |
| US quarts | 0.0625 qt | × 0.25 |
| US gallons | 0.015625 gal | × 0.0625 |
| milliliters | 59.14705913 ml | × 236.5882365 |
| liters | 0.05914705913 L | × 0.2365882365 |
| imperial gallons | 0.01301053413 gal (UK) | × 0.0520421365393 |
| imperial quarts | 0.05204213654 qt (UK) | × 0.208168546157 |
| imperial pints | 0.1040842731 pt (UK) | × 0.416337092314 |
| imperial fluid ounces | 2.081685462 fl oz (UK) | × 8.32674184629 |
| imperial gills | 0.4163370923 gi (UK) | × 1.66534836926 |
| cubic millimetres | 59,147.05913 mm³ | × 236,588.2365 |
| cubic centimetres | 59.14705913 cm³ | × 236.5882365 |
| cubic inches | 3.609375 in³ | × 14.4375 |
| cubic feet | 0.002088758681 ft³ | × 0.00835503472222 |
| cubic yards | 0.00007736143261 yd³ | × 0.000309445730453 |
| cubic metres | 0.00005914705913 m³ | × 0.0002365882365 |
Factors are entered by hand from NIST Handbook 130 rather than derived from a units library, so the ones that terminate are exact rather than rounded.
How do you convert US cups to US tablespoons? The converter and the working
- 1.Take the measurement in US cups.
- 2.Multiply by 16 — that is how many US tablespoons fit in one US cup.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 16, or multiply by 0.0625.
Worked example: 25 US cups to US tablespoons
- Formula
- cup × 16 = tbsp
- Arithmetic
- 25 × 16 = 400 tbsp
- Answer
- 25 cup = 400 tbsp
The factor is exact, so this figure is exact too — only the display is rounded.
US cups to US tablespoons conversion table
| US cups | US tablespoons |
|---|---|
| 1 cup | 16 tbsp |
| 2 cup | 32 tbsp |
| 3 cup | 48 tbsp |
| 4 cup | 64 tbsp |
| 5 cup | 80 tbsp |
| 6 cup | 96 tbsp |
| 7 cup | 112 tbsp |
| 8 cup | 128 tbsp |
| 9 cup | 144 tbsp |
| 10 cup | 160 tbsp |
| 12 cup | 192 tbsp |
| 15 cup | 240 tbsp |
| 20 cup | 320 tbsp |
| 25 cup | 400 tbsp |
| 50 cup | 800 tbsp |
| 100 cup | 1,600 tbsp |
| 200 cup | 3,200 tbsp |
| 300 cup | 4,800 tbsp |
| 500 cup | 8,000 tbsp |
| 1000 cup | 16,000 tbsp |
| 2000 cup | 32,000 tbsp |
| 5000 cup | 80,000 tbsp |
| 10000 cup | 160,000 tbsp |
What is a US cup?
Eight US fluid ounces, about 236.6 ml. The "legal" cup on nutrition labels is a rounded 240 ml.
What is a US tablespoon?
Three teaspoons, about 14.79 ml. Australia is the outlier at four teaspoons to the tablespoon.
How many US tablespoons are in a US cup?
One US cup is 16 US tablespoons, exactly. Going the other way, one US tablespoon is 0.0625 US cups. Both figures come from the same defined relation rather than from a measurement, which is why they are the same today as they were in 1959.
Every volume unit here
The whole group — 20 units with their symbols and the size of each one in liters — is on the conversion index, along with every pair it makes. The table above already gives each of them relative to a US cup.
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Questions people actually ask
- How many US tablespoons are in a US cup?
- 16. Three teaspoons, about 14.79 ml. Australia is the outlier at four teaspoons to the tablespoon.
- How do I convert US tablespoons back to US cups?
- Divide by 16, or multiply by 0.0625 — they are the same operation.
The values people look up
Each one is this page with the value filled in, and each answers in its own title.
Other volume conversions
US tablespoons to US cups — the same conversion the other way.