How Many Tablespoons Are in a Cup?
1 Cup = 15.9999 Tablespoons
There are 15.9999 tablespoons in one cup.
These are US customary measures, the standard in American recipes. An imperial cup (UK, pre-metric) is 284 mL and an imperial pint is 20 fluid ounces, so a recipe written in imperial units will not match these numbers.
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1 Cup = 15.9999 Tablespoon
How to convert How Many Tablespoons Are in a Cup?
- 1Start with the conversion formula: tbsp = cup × 15.9999
- 2Substitute the value: tbsp = 1 × 15.9999
- 3That gives the result: 1 Cup = 15.9999 Tablespoons
In everyday use, 1 cup is about 16 tablespoons.
Cups to Tablespoons table
| Cups (cup) | Tablespoons (tbsp) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 15.9999 |
| 2 | 31.9999 |
| 3 | 47.9998 |
| 4 | 63.9998 |
| 5 | 79.9997 |
| 6 | 95.9997 |
| 7 | 111.9996 |
| 8 | 127.9996 |
| 9 | 143.9995 |
| 10 | 159.9995 |
| 12 | 191.9994 |
| 16 | 255.9991 |
| 20 | 319.9989 |
| 24 | 383.9987 |
Unit definitions
- Cup (cup)
- The Cup (cup) is a unit of cooking / recipe equal to 236.588 Milliliters.
- Tablespoon (tbsp)
- The Tablespoon (tbsp) is a unit of cooking / recipe equal to 14.7868 Milliliters.
Frequently asked questions
- How many tablespoons are in a cup?
- There are 15.9999 tablespoons in one cup.
- How many tablespoons are in 2 cups?
- 2 cups contain 31.9999 tablespoons.
- How many cups are in a tablespoon?
- One tablespoon is 0.06250021 cups, the inverse of this conversion.
- What is 1 cup rounded to a simpler number of tablespoons?
- In everyday use, 1 cup is about 16 tablespoons. The exact value is 15.9999 tablespoons.
- Do these numbers apply to imperial measures too?
- These are US customary measures, the standard in American recipes. An imperial cup (UK, pre-metric) is 284 mL and an imperial pint is 20 fluid ounces, so a recipe written in imperial units will not match these numbers.