Convert US tablespoons to US cups
2 US tablespoons is 0.13 cup. One US tablespoon is exactly 0.0625 US cups.
2 US tablespoons is 0.125 US cups, because one US tablespoon is 0.0625 US cups. To convert US tablespoons to US cups, multiply by 0.0625; to go the other way, divide by 0.0625 or multiply by 16. The factor is exact rather than rounded: it follows from NIST Handbook 130. Three teaspoons, about 14.79 ml.
Factor checked against the defining standard · How we check
- US tablespoons × 0.0625
2 * 0.06250.125 cup
2 US tablespoons in every volume unit
| Unit | Value | Exact factor |
|---|---|---|
| US teaspoons | 6 tsp | × 3 |
| US tablespoons (as entered) | 2 tbsp | — |
| US fluid ounces | 1 fl oz | × 0.5 |
| US cups | 0.125 cup | × 0.0625 |
| US pints | 0.0625 pt | × 0.03125 |
| US quarts | 0.03125 qt | × 0.015625 |
| US gallons | 0.0078125 gal | × 0.00390625 |
| milliliters | 29.57352956 ml | × 14.7867647812 |
| liters | 0.02957352956 L | × 0.0147867647812 |
| imperial gallons | 0.006505267067 gal (UK) | × 0.00325263353371 |
| imperial quarts | 0.02602106827 qt (UK) | × 0.0130105341348 |
| imperial pints | 0.05204213654 pt (UK) | × 0.0260210682697 |
| imperial fluid ounces | 1.040842731 fl oz (UK) | × 0.520421365393 |
| imperial gills | 0.2081685462 gi (UK) | × 0.104084273079 |
| cubic millimetres | 29,573.52956 mm³ | × 14,786.7647812 |
| cubic centimetres | 29.57352956 cm³ | × 14.7867647812 |
| cubic inches | 1.8046875 in³ | × 0.90234375 |
| cubic feet | 0.00104437934 ft³ | × 0.000522189670139 |
| cubic yards | 0.00003868071631 yd³ | × 0.0000193403581533 |
| cubic metres | 0.00002957352956 m³ | × 0.0000147867647812 |
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 tablespoons to US cups? The converter and the working
- 1.Take the measurement in US tablespoons.
- 2.Multiply by 0.0625 — that is how many US cups fit in one US tablespoon.
- 3.To go back the other way, divide by 0.0625, or multiply by 16.
Worked example: 25 US tablespoons to US cups
- Formula
- tbsp × 0.0625 = cup
- Arithmetic
- 25 × 0.0625 = 1.56 cup
- Answer
- 25 tbsp = 1.56 cup
The factor is exact, so this figure is exact too — only the display is rounded.
US tablespoons to US cups conversion table
| US tablespoons | US cups |
|---|---|
| 1 tbsp | 0.06 cup |
| 2 tbsp | 0.13 cup |
| 3 tbsp | 0.19 cup |
| 4 tbsp | 0.25 cup |
| 5 tbsp | 0.31 cup |
| 6 tbsp | 0.38 cup |
| 7 tbsp | 0.44 cup |
| 8 tbsp | 0.5 cup |
| 9 tbsp | 0.56 cup |
| 10 tbsp | 0.63 cup |
| 12 tbsp | 0.75 cup |
| 15 tbsp | 0.94 cup |
| 20 tbsp | 1.25 cup |
| 25 tbsp | 1.56 cup |
| 50 tbsp | 3.13 cup |
| 100 tbsp | 6.25 cup |
| 200 tbsp | 12.5 cup |
| 300 tbsp | 18.75 cup |
| 500 tbsp | 31.25 cup |
| 1000 tbsp | 62.5 cup |
| 2000 tbsp | 125 cup |
| 5000 tbsp | 312.5 cup |
| 10000 tbsp | 625 cup |
What is a US tablespoon?
Three teaspoons, about 14.79 ml. Australia is the outlier at four teaspoons to the tablespoon.
What is a US cup?
Eight US fluid ounces, about 236.6 ml. The "legal" cup on nutrition labels is a rounded 240 ml.
How many US cups are in a US tablespoon?
One US tablespoon is 0.0625 US cups, exactly. Going the other way, one US cup is 16 US tablespoons. 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 tablespoon.
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Questions people actually ask
- How many US cups are in a US tablespoon?
- 0.0625. Eight US fluid ounces, about 236.6 ml. The "legal" cup on nutrition labels is a rounded 240 ml.
- How do I convert US cups back to US tablespoons?
- Divide by 0.0625, or multiply by 16 — they are the same operation.
The values people look up
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Other volume conversions
US cups to US tablespoons — the same conversion the other way.