Tablespoons to US cups
Multiply tablespoons by 0.0625 to get US cups.
12 tbsp = 0.75 cup
How to convert tablespoons to US cups
The US cup is a US customary cup, one sixteenth of a gallon (236.5882365 millilitres). The tablespoon is a US tablespoon, half a fluid ounce (14.78676478125 millilitres).
Worked example — 12 tbsp: 12 × 0.0625 = 0.75 cup.
Tablespoons to US cups table
| Tablespoons | US cups |
|---|---|
| 1 tbsp | 0.0625 cup |
| 2 tbsp | 0.125 cup |
| 4 tbsp | 0.25 cup |
| 8 tbsp | 0.5 cup |
| 12 tbsp | 0.75 cup |
| 16 tbsp | 1 cup |
| 24 tbsp | 1.5 cup |
| 32 tbsp | 2 cup |
| 48 tbsp | 3 cup |
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About tablespoons and US cups
Tablespoon (tbsp)
1 tbsp = 0.0625 cupDefinition. A US tablespoon, half a fluid ounce (14.78676478125 millilitres)
History and origin
The tablespoon became a fixed cooking measure as recipes were standardised, set in the US at half a fluid ounce, about 14.8 millilitres, and equal to three teaspoons.
Current use
Tablespoons are an everyday kitchen measure for cooking and baking across the English-speaking world, though the exact size varies a little by country.
Source: NIST Handbook 44, Appendix C §2 (U.S. Customary Units) and §5 (Tables of Equivalents)
US cup (cup)
1 cup = 16 tbspDefinition. A US customary cup, one sixteenth of a gallon (236.5882365 millilitres)
History and origin
The US customary cup was standardised as a cooking measure at one sixteenth of a gallon, about 237 millilitres. It became popular through American recipe books in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Current use
The cup is the dominant volume measure in US home cooking and baking; metric recipes usually give millilitres or grams instead.
Source: NIST Handbook 44, Appendix C §2 (U.S. Customary Units) and §5 (Tables of Equivalents)
Where people use this
Tablespoons: recipes. US cups: recipes, baking. 16 tablespoons make 1 US cup.
Every value is carried to full double precision; the display is rounded.
Both units are defined in NIST Handbook 44, Appendix C §2 (U.S. Customary Units) and §5 (Tables of Equivalents).
Questions people ask
How many tablespoons in a cup?
16 tablespoons make one US cup.
How many tablespoons is half a cup?
Half a US cup is 8 tablespoons.
How many tablespoons is a quarter cup?
A quarter US cup is 4 tablespoons.