EQUIVALENCIES
Many times cooks need to scale down large recipes for a smaller group of diners, espeically for two or three, and find it particularly difficult. For those of us who need to convert teaspoons to tablespoons, tablespoons to cupfuls,
and cupfuls to liters, this page is for us!! Here are tables to help us all with:
 Equivalent Measures |
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3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon
4 tablespoons = 1/4 cup
5 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon = 1/3 cup
8 tablespoons = 1/2 cup
12 tablespoons = 3/4 cup
16 tablespoons = 1 cup (8 ounces)
2 cups = 1 pint (16 ounces)
4 cups (2 pints) = 1 quart (32 ounces)
8 cups (4 pints) = 1/2 gallon (64 ounces)
4 quarts = 1 gallon (128 ounces) |
| Metric Conversion Table |
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| U.S.UNITS | CANADIAN METRIC | AUSTRALIAN METRIC |
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| 1/4 teaspoon | 1 mL | 1 mL |
| 1/2 teaspoon | 2 mL | 2 mL |
| 1 teaspoon | 5 mL | 5 mL |
| 1 tablespoon | 15 mL | 20 mL |
| 1/4 cup | 50 mL | 60 mL |
| 1/3 cup | 75 mL | 80 mL |
| 1/2 cup | 125 mL | 125 mL |
| 2/3 cup | 150 mL | 170 mL |
| 3/4 cup | 175 mL | 190 mL |
| 1 cup | 250 mL | 250 mL |
| 1 quart | 1 liter | 1 liter |
| 1-1/2 quarts | 1.5 liters | 1.5 liters |
| 2 quarts | 2 liters | 2 liters |
| 2-1/2 quarts | 2.5 liters | 2.5 liters |
| 3 quarts | 3 liters | 3 liters |
| 4 quarts | 4 liters | 4 liters |
| 1 ounce | 30 grams | 30 grams |
| 2 ounces | 55 grams | 60 grams |
| 3 ounces | 85 grams | 90 grams |
| 4 ounces (1/4 pound) | 115 grams | 125 grams |
| 8 ounces (1/2 pound) | 225 grams | 225 grams |
| 16 ounces (1 pound) | 455 grams | 500 grams |
| 1 pound | 455 grams | 1/2 kilogram |
Equivalent Measures