Printable Kitchen Conversion Chart

1 cup = 16 tbsp = 48 tsp = 8 fl oz = 236.588 mL Every measurement an American recipe uses, on one page. Print it and stick it inside a cupboard door.

These are US customary measures, the ones American recipes mean. A metric cup is 250 mL and an Australian tablespoon is 20 mL, so recipes from those countries do not map onto this chart directly. Nutrition labels use a separate "legal cup" of exactly 240 mL.

Cups to Tablespoons, Ounces and Milliliters

US cup measures with their equivalents in tablespoons, teaspoons, fluid ounces and milliliters.
Recipe calls for Tablespoons Teaspoons Fluid ounces Milliliters
1/8 cup 2 6 1 29.57
1/4 cup 4 12 2 59.15
1/3 cup 5.333 16 2.667 78.8627455
1/2 cup 8 24 4 118.3
2/3 cup 10.67 32 5.333 157.725491
3/4 cup 12 36 6 177.4
1 cup 16 48 8 236.6
1 1/2 cups 24 72 12 354.9
2 cups (1 pint) 32 96 16 473.176473
4 cups (1 quart) 64 192 32 946.352946
16 cups (1 gallon) 256 768 128 3,785

Spoon Measures

Teaspoon and tablespoon measures in milliliters, for halving and doubling recipes.
Measure Teaspoons Tablespoons Milliliters
1/4 teaspoon 0.25 0.08333 1.232
1/2 teaspoon 0.5 0.1667 2.464
1 teaspoon 1 0.3333 4.929
1 tablespoon 3 1 14.79
2 tablespoons (1 fl oz) 6 2 29.57
4 tablespoons (1/4 cup) 12 4 59.15
8 tablespoons (1/2 cup) 24 8 118.3
16 tablespoons (1 cup) 48 16 236.6

Oven Temperatures

Oven settings in Fahrenheit, Celsius, fan-assisted Celsius and British gas marks.
Fahrenheit Celsius Fan / convection Gas mark Used for
250 °F 120 °C 100 °C 1/2 Very slow — meringues, drying
300 °F 150 °C 130 °C 2 Slow — slow roasting, custards
325 °F 165 °C 145 °C 3 Moderately slow — rich cakes
350 °F 175 °C 155 °C 4 Moderate — most cakes and cookies
375 °F 190 °C 170 °C 5 Moderately hot — pies, muffins
400 °F 205 °C 185 °C 6 Hot — roasting vegetables, scones
425 °F 220 °C 200 °C 7 Hot — puff pastry, pizza
450 °F 230 °C 210 °C 8 Very hot — bread, high-heat roasting
475 °F 245 °C 225 °C 9 Very hot — pizza stone, searing

Celsius values are rounded to the nearest 5 degrees, which is how recipes are written. Fan or convection ovens run about 20 °C hotter than their setting, so metric recipes subtract that. For an exact figure, use the Fahrenheit to Celsius converter.

Liquid Volumes

Cups to milliliters for larger batch quantities.
Cups (cup) Milliliters (mL)
1 236.588
2 473.176473
3 709.765
4 946.352946
5 1,182.94
6 1,419.53
8 1,892.71
10 2,365.88
12 2,839.06
16 3,785.41

Quick Facts Worth Remembering

  • 3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon
  • 16 tablespoons = 1 cup
  • 2 tablespoons = 1 fluid ounce
  • 8 fluid ounces = 1 cup
  • 2 cups = 1 pint, 2 pints = 1 quart, 4 quarts = 1 gallon
  • 1 stick of butter = 1/2 cup = 8 tablespoons = 113 grams
  • Water freezes at 32 °F (0 °C) and boils at 212 °F (100 °C)

Weight, Not Volume

A cup measures volume, so a cup of one ingredient does not weigh the same as a cup of another. A cup of all-purpose flour is about 120 grams (4.25 ounces), granulated sugar about 200 grams, brown sugar about 213 grams packed, and butter exactly 227 grams. Flour is the one to watch: scooping straight from the bag compacts it and can add 20 percent. If a recipe gives grams, weighing is always more accurate than converting to cups — which is why bakers switch to scales.

For weight on its own, see ounces to grams and pounds to kilograms. For the full set, browse volume conversions or all conversions.

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