How many 1 3 cups in a half cup?

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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Not every dinner or batch of cookies needs to serve a small army. Learn how to cut down recipes so you can make portion sizes that suit your needs.

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How to Convert Measurements to Tablespoons and Teaspoons

Here’s a listing of how many tablespoons and teaspoons are in larger measuring cup amounts. By the way, here’s how to measure without measuring cups.

• 1 cup = 16 tbsp
• Half of 1 cup = 8 tbsp
• 3/4 cup = 12 tbsp
• Half of 3/4 cup = 6 tbsp
• 1/2 cup = 8 tbsp
• Half of 1/2 cup = 4 tbsp
• 1/3 cup = 5 tbsp + 1 tsp
• Half of 1/3 cup = 2 tbsp + 2 tsp
• 1/4 cup = 4 tbsp
• Half of 1/4 cup = 2 tbsp
• 1/8 cup = 2 tbsp
• Half of 1/8 cup = 1 tbsp
• 1/2 tbsp = 1-1/2 tsp

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How to Cut Down Weighted Ingredients

This is when cooking by weight instead of measure is incredibly handy. Cutting down (or doubling) recipes is as simple as a little division or subtraction.

To cut down any recipe, just divide the weights called for in the original recipe. Want to make a half batch? Divide the measures by two. A third batch? Divide by three. A quarter batch? Well, divide the amounts by four.

How to Halve an Egg

Cutting down recipes can be pretty easy when you’re just dealing with cups and ounces. Things get tricky, though, when the original recipe calls for just one egg. In this case, ask yourself if you really need to half the recipe, because cutting down on an egg can be tricky.

If you really do need to trim down the recipe, crack your egg into a small dish and whisk. Then you can add half of that mix by eye.

If you want to be really exact, bring out your kitchen scale. Start by weighing the bowl, hitting tare, then crack in the egg. Then you can divide that weight in half for precision baking.

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