How many tablespoons in a cup?
1 cup = 16 tablespoons
A US cup holds 16 tablespoons or 48 teaspoons. That is 8 fluid ounces, or 236.6 ml. Use the chart for the fractions of a cup that recipes call for.
Cups to tablespoons
| Cups | Tablespoons | Teaspoons | Fluid ounces | Millilitres |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/8 cup | 2 | 6 | 1 | 30 ml |
| 1/4 cup | 4 | 12 | 2 | 59 ml |
| 1/3 cup | 5 1/3 | 16 | 2 2/3 | 79 ml |
| 1/2 cup | 8 | 24 | 4 | 118 ml |
| 2/3 cup | 10 2/3 | 32 | 5 1/3 | 158 ml |
| 3/4 cup | 12 | 36 | 6 | 177 ml |
| 1 cup | 16 | 48 | 8 | 237 ml |
Questions
How many tablespoons are in a cup?
There are 16 tablespoons in one US cup. Half a cup is 8 tablespoons and a quarter cup is 4.
How many tablespoons are in 1/3 cup?
One third of a cup is 5 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon (5 1/3 tablespoons). Two thirds is 10 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons.
Is a tablespoon the same everywhere?
No. A US tablespoon is 14.8 ml. A metric tablespoon in Australia is 20 ml, so a recipe from there has noticeably bigger spoonfuls. The UK and most of Europe use 15 ml.