US cups to tablespoons
1 US cup in tablespoons
1 cup = 16 tbsp
tbsp = cup × 16
To convert US cups to tablespoons, multiply by 16. The table below gives the values people look up most often, and the converter works for any number.
US cups to tablespoons table
| US cups | Tablespoons |
|---|---|
| 1 cup | 16 |
| 2 cup | 32 |
| 3 cup | 48 |
| 4 cup | 64 |
| 5 cup | 80 |
| 10 cup | 160 |
| 15 cup | 240 |
| 20 cup | 320 |
| 25 cup | 400 |
| 30 cup | 480 |
| 40 cup | 640 |
| 50 cup | 800 |
| 75 cup | 1,200 |
| 100 cup | 1,600 |
| 250 cup | 4,000 |
| 500 cup | 8,000 |
| 1,000 cup | 16,000 |
How the conversion works
The relationship is tbsp = cup × 16. Both units measure volume, so the conversion is a fixed factor that never changes. The figure is exact rather than approximate: since the international yard and pound agreement of 1959, an inch is defined as exactly 25.4 millimetres and a pound as exactly 0.45359237 kilograms, and every other imperial and US customary unit here is derived from those two.
US cup: US legal cup is 240 mL; the customary cup used here is 236.588 mL.
Common questions
- How many tablespoons are in one US cup?
- One US cup equals 16 tablespoons. tbsp = cup × 16.
- How do you convert US cups to tablespoons?
- Use tbsp = cup × 16. So 10 cup is 160 tbsp.
- How many US cups are in one tablespoon?
- One tablespoon equals 0.0625 US cups, which is the reverse of the conversion above.
- Is there more than one kind of US cup?
- US legal cup is 240 mL; the customary cup used here is 236.588 mL.
Related pages
Sources
- Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SP 811) — NIST (Public domain (US Government))
- The International System of Units (SI Brochure) — Bureau International des Poids et Mesures
- Calculated on this page — At One Place