How do you measure 1/8 of a cup?

When you want to divide a cooking measurement in a recipe in half, sometimes it’s easy to just divide the amount by two. Converting a cooking measurement is important so that you get the right amount of an ingredient in your recipe.

Getting half of one cup is easy, it’s just 1/2 cup. But other cooking measurements are more difficult like half of 1/8 of a cup. When your recipe calls for 1/8 cup and you want to to divide it in half to make less servings, it may not be easy to do this your measuring cup. Converting half of 1/8 cup to tablespoons or teaspoons may be easier especially with a measuring spoon. Another option is to weigh 1/8 cup and divide the number of grams by half.

To convert cups into tablespoons, you multiply the number of cups by 16. To convert cups into fluid ounces, you multiply the number of cups by 8.

To convert any value in cups to Teaspoons, just multiply the value in cups by the conversion factor 48. So, 1/8 cup times 48 is equal to 6 Teaspoons.

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To calculate a cup value to the corresponding value in Teaspoon, just multiply the quantity in cup by 48 (the conversion factor). Here is the formula:

Value in Teaspoons = value in cup × 48

Suppose you want to convert 1/8 cup into Teaspoons. Using the conversion formula above, you will get:

To convert any value in cups to Tablespoons, just multiply the value in cups by the conversion factor 16. So, 1/8 cup times 16 is equal to 2 Tablespoons.

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To calculate a cup value to the corresponding value in Tablespoon, just multiply the quantity in cup by 16 (the conversion factor). Here is the formula:

Value in Tablespoons = value in cup × 16

Suppose you want to convert 1/8 cup into Tablespoons. Using the conversion formula above, you will get:

Even if you have all the right measuring tools, a lot of people can have difficulty using the right cooking measurements. Our cheat sheet below shows measuring equivalents for teaspoons, tablespoons, cups, pints, fluid ounces, and more. This page also includes the conversions for metric and U.S. systems of measurement.

For more conversions, including Fahrenheit to Celsius temperature conversions, try out the Infoplease.com conversion calculator.

1 tablespoon (tbsp) =3 teaspoons (tsp)1/16 cup =1 tablespoon1/8 cup =2 tablespoons1/6 cup =2 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons1/4 cup =4 tablespoons1/3 cup =5 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon3/8 cup =6 tablespoons1/2 cup =8 tablespoons2/3 cup =10 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons3/4 cup =12 tablespoons  1 cup =48 teaspoons1 cup =16 tablespoons8 fluid ounces (fl oz) =1 cup1 pint (pt) =2 cups1 quart (qt) =2 pints4 cups =1 quart1 gallon (gal) =4 quarts16 ounces (oz) =1 pound (lb)1 milliliter (ml) =1 cubic centimeter (cc)1 inch (in) =2.54 centimeters (cm)

Source: United States Dept. of Agriculture (USDA).

Note: US cups are typically used as a kitchen measurement for both liquid ingredients and dry ingredients. Conversely, ounces are a weight measurement while fluid ounces are a volume measurement. To make things more confusing, although most recipes use cups for liquid measurements, most commercial products use fluid ounces.  

U.S. to Metric

One important thing to note with these cooking measurement conversions is that they directly translate imperial measurements to their metric counterparts. But, it's common in recipes using the metric system to use weight measurements for dry ingredients instead of volumetric ones. If you don't have a kitchen scale handy, you might have to be a bit clever with your measuring cups.

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