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title: "US cups to Tablespoons — cup to tbsp converter"
description: "1 US cup = 16 tablespoons. Convert US cups to tablespoons with a full conversion table, the exact formula, and a calculator for any value."
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# 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

*Common US cup values converted to tablespoons.*

| 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.

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## Sources

- Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SP 811) — NIST (https://www.nist.gov/pml/special-publication-811) [Public domain (US Government)]
- The International System of Units (SI Brochure) — Bureau International des Poids et Mesures (https://www.bipm.org/en/publications/si-brochure)
- Calculated on this page — At One Place (/about/)