Use the volume converter below for conversion of teaspoons to tablespoons, tablespoons to cups, ounces to cups, cups to pints, pints to quarts, and cups to gallons.
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Liquid and Dry Measurement Equivalents
It is generally not a good idea to scale a recipe up or down by more than 3 or 4 times.
Liquid Measurements
In the United States, liquid measurement is not only used for liquids such as water and milk, it is also used when measuring other ingredients such as flour, sugar, shortening, butter, and spices.
teaspoon
tablespoon
fluid
ounce
gill
cup
pint
quart
gallon
1 teaspoon =
1
1/3
1/6
1/24
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
1 tablespoon =
3
1
1/2
1/8
1/16
- - -
- - -
- - -
1 fluid ounce =
6
2
1
1/4
1/8
1/16
- - -
- - -
1 gill =
24
8
4
1
1/2
1/4
1/8
- - -
1 cup =
48
16
8
2
1
1/2
1/4
1/16
1 pint =
96
32
16
4
2
1
1/2
1/8
1 quart =
192
64
32
8
4
2
1
1/4
1 gallon =
768
256
128
32
16
8
4
1
1 firkin =
6912
2304
1152
288
144
72
36
9
1 hogshead =
48384
16128
8064
2016
1008
504
252
63
MISCELLANEOUS
EQUIVALENT
1 pinch
1/8 teaspoon or less
1 teaspoon
60 drops
Dry Measurements
Dry measurements are not typically used in U.S. recipes; dry measurements are used mainly for measuring fresh produce (e.g. berries are sold by the quart, apples by the bushel, or peck). Do not confuse dry measure
with liquid measure, because they are not the same.
Pint
Quart
Gallon
Peck
Bushel
Cubic Feet
Pint
1
1/2
1/8
1/16
1/64
0.019445
Quart
2
1
1/4
1/8
1/32
0.03889
Gallon
8
4
1
1/2
1/8
0.15556
Peck
16
8
2
1
1/4
0.31111
Bushel
64
32
8
4
1
1.2445
Cubic Feet
51.428
25.714
6.4285
3.2143
0.80356
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Liquid Measurements vs. Dry Measurements
The table below shows the differences between dry measurement and liquid measurement.
DRY UNIT
LIQUID UNIT
1 pint, dry =
1.1636 pints, liquid
1 quart, dry =
1.1636 quarts, liquid
1 gallon, dry =
1.1636 gallons, liquid
Cooking Measurement Conversions
American and British Units
1 teaspoon = 1/3 tablespoon
1 tablespoon = 1/2 fluid ounce = 3 teaspoons
1 U.S. fluid ounce (fl oz) = 1/128 U.S. gallon = 1/16 U.S. pint
The U.S. gallon, or wine gallon, is 231 cubic inches (cu in.);
The British imperial gallon is the volume of 10 lb of pure water at 62 degrees Fahrenheit and is equal to 277.42 cu in.
Weight
The two most commonly used units of weight (or mass) measurement for cooking in the U.S. are the ounce and the pound. Do not confuse the ounce of weight with the fluid ounce, because they are not the same; there is no standard conversion between weight and volume unless you know the density of the ingredient. To make matters worse, there are different kinds of weight measurement; Avoirdupois weight, Troy weight, and Apothecaries weight. In the U.S., when someone refers to pounds and ounces of weight (especially in cooking) they are usually referring to Avoirdupois weight.
