Tablespoons to Cups
1 tablespoon = 0.06 cups
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Tablespoons to Cups table
| Tablespoons | Cups |
|---|---|
| 0.25 tablespoons | 0.02 cups |
| 0.5 tablespoons | 0.03 cups |
| 1 tablespoon | 0.06 cups |
| 2 tablespoons | 0.12 cups |
| 3 tablespoons | 0.19 cups |
| 4 tablespoons | 0.25 cups |
| 5 tablespoons | 0.31 cups |
| 6 tablespoons | 0.38 cups |
| 8 tablespoons | 0.5 cups |
| 10 tablespoons | 0.62 cups |
| 16 tablespoons | 1 cups |
| 32 tablespoons | 2 cups |
How to convert tablespoons to cups
To convert tablespoons to cups, multiply by 0.06. This is a volume conversion, so it applies to any liquid or dry ingredient measured by volume, water, oil, milk, flour, and more.
Common conversions: 2 tablespoons = 0.12 cups · 4 tablespoons = 0.25 cups · 8 tablespoons = 0.5 cups · 16 tablespoons = 1 cups.
Tablespoons to cups: quick answers
One US cup holds 16 tablespoons, so to convert tablespoons (tbsp, tbs, tbls or T) to cups you divide by 16. Here are the amounts people ask about most:
- 2 tbsp to cups = ⅛ cup (0.125)
- 4 tbsp to cups = ¼ cup (0.25)
- 5 tbsp to cups ≈ 0.31 cup
- 6 tbsp to cups = ⅜ cup (0.375)
- 8 tbsp to cups = ½ cup (0.5)
- 10 tbsp to cups ≈ 0.625 cup
- 12 tbsp to cups = ¾ cup (0.75)
- 16 tbsp to cups = 1 cup
- 32 tbsp to cups = 2 cups
The same maths works in reverse: to find how many tablespoons are in a cup, multiply the cups by 16. So ¼ cup = 4 tablespoons, ⅓ cup ≈ 5⅓ tablespoons, ½ cup = 8 tablespoons and 1 cup = 16 tablespoons. These are US measures; an Australian tablespoon is slightly larger (20 ml), so 1 Australian cup is about 12.5 of them.
For ingredient-specific weight conversions (like cups to grams of flour or rice), see our ingredient converters.