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Convert US cups to US tablespoons

0.6666666666666666 US cups is 10.67 tbsp. One US cup is exactly 16 US tablespoons.

0.6666666666666666 US cups is 10.666667 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.

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US tablespoons
10.67 tbsp
US cups × 16
0.6666667 * 1610.667 tbsp

0.6666666666666666 US cups in every volume unit

0.6666666666666666 US cups expressed in every volume unit
UnitValueExact factor
US teaspoons32 tsp× 48
US tablespoons10.66666667 tbsp× 16
US fluid ounces5.333333333 fl oz× 8
US cups (as entered)0.6666666667 cup—
US pints0.3333333333 pt× 0.5
US quarts0.1666666667 qt× 0.25
US gallons0.04166666667 gal× 0.0625
milliliters157.725491 ml× 236.5882365
liters0.157725491 L× 0.2365882365
imperial gallons0.03469475769 gal (UK)× 0.0520421365393
imperial quarts0.1387790308 qt (UK)× 0.208168546157
imperial pints0.2775580615 pt (UK)× 0.416337092314
imperial fluid ounces5.551161231 fl oz (UK)× 8.32674184629
imperial gills1.110232246 gi (UK)× 1.66534836926
cubic millimetres157,725.491 mm³× 236,588.2365
cubic centimetres157.725491 cm³× 236.5882365
cubic inches9.625 in³× 14.4375
cubic feet0.005570023148 ft³× 0.00835503472222
cubic yards0.0002062971536 yd³× 0.000309445730453
cubic metres0.000157725491 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. 1.Take the measurement in US cups.
  2. 2.Multiply by 16 — that is how many US tablespoons fit in one US cup.
  3. 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 to US tablespoons conversion table
US cupsUS tablespoons
1 cup16 tbsp
2 cup32 tbsp
3 cup48 tbsp
4 cup64 tbsp
5 cup80 tbsp
6 cup96 tbsp
7 cup112 tbsp
8 cup128 tbsp
9 cup144 tbsp
10 cup160 tbsp
12 cup192 tbsp
15 cup240 tbsp
20 cup320 tbsp
25 cup400 tbsp
50 cup800 tbsp
100 cup1,600 tbsp
200 cup3,200 tbsp
300 cup4,800 tbsp
500 cup8,000 tbsp
1000 cup16,000 tbsp
2000 cup32,000 tbsp
5000 cup80,000 tbsp
10000 cup160,000 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.

Source: NIST Handbook 130 — US customary liquid measure

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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.

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