Standard Conversion Tables
Common Measures
The following tables provide the common measures used in cooking.
Within the UK, the Imperial “tablespoon” is officially defined as 5/8 of a fluid ounce and a teaspoon is 1/24 of a gill. However, in other Imperial countries the tablespoon is often defined as half an ounce and the teaspoon as one third of a tablespoon. For the metric calculators above, the official UK definitions (tablespoon = 5/8 fluid ounce, teaspoon = 1/24 gill) are used. However, for ease of use, the simpler measures (tablespoon = 1/2 ounce, teaspoon = 1/3 tablespoon) are used in the following tables.
For the converter and the following tables, we’ve used the most authoritative definitions of the measures available. Irrelevant definitions (e.g. the “medical drop”) have been excluded for simplicity.
Although the Imperial and USA systems have the same units (e.g. ounce, cup, quart) for measuring volume, the size of these units is not the same in the two systems. For this reason, the Imperial and USA measures are listed separately below (details are provided in Metric & Imperial Units). The converter at the top of the page will convert between: metric and Imperial; metric and USA; Imperial and USA.
Measurement units of Volume (capacity)
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Metric capacity |
Imperial liquid capacity |
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“metric drop” |
0.05 milliliters |
3 drops |
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1 dash |
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“metric teaspoon” |
5.0 milliliters |
2 dashes |
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1 pinch |
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8 pinches |
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1 teaspoon |
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10 milliliters |
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1 centilitre |
2 teaspoons |
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1 dessertspoon |
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10 centiliters |
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1 decilitre |
3 teaspoons |
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1 tablespoon |
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10 deciliters |
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1 litre |
2 tablespoons |
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1 fluid ounce |
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5 fluid ounces |
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1gill |
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2 gills |
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1 cup |
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2 cups |
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1 pint |
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20 fluid ounces |
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2 pints |
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1 quart |
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4 quarts |
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1 gallon |
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USA liquid capacity |
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4.75 drops |
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1 dash |
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2 dashs |
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1 pinch |
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8 pinches |
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1 teaspoon |
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3 teaspoons |
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1 tablespoon |
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2 tablespoons |
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1 fluid ounce |
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4 fluid ounces |
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1 gill |
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2 gills |
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1 cup |
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2 cups |
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1 pint |
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16 fluid ounces |
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2 pints |
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1 quart |
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4 quarts |
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1 gallon |
Measurement units of Mass (weight)
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Metric mass |
Imperial weight |
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1000 grams |
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1 kilogram |
16 ounces |
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1 pound |
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14 pounds |
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1 stone |
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USA weight |
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16 ounces |
= |
1 pound |
Converstion to and from Metric
Following are approximate conversions. For ease of use the conversions are rounded to the 2nd decimal place. For more exact conversions, use the calculator at the top of this page. The Imperial “tablespoon” is generally interpreted as half a fluid ounce (the measure used in the following table), but sometimes as five eights of an ounce (which would be approximately 17.76 milliliters).
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Imperial/USA unit |
Metric unit |
Metric unit |
Imperial/USA unit |
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Teaspoon (UK) |
5.92 milliliters |
Millilitre |
0.17 teaspoons (UK) |
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Teaspoon (US) |
4.93 milliliters |
0.20 teaspoons (US) |
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Tablespoon (UK) |
17.76 milliliters |
10 Millilitre |
0.56 tablespoons (UK) |
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Tablespoon (US) |
14.79 milliliters |
0.68 tablespoons (US) |
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Fluid ounce (UK) |
28.41 milliliters |
100 millilitre |
3.52 fluid ounces (UK) |
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Fluid ounce (US) |
29.57 milliliters |
3.38 fluid ounces (US) |
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Pint (UK) |
0.57 liters |
Litre |
1.76 pints (UK) |
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Pint (US) |
0.47 liters |
2.11 pints (US) |
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Quart (UK) |
1.14 liters |
0.88 quarts (UK) |
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Quart (US) |
0.95 liters |
1.06 quarts (US) |
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Gallon (UK) |
4.55 liters |
0.22 gallon (UK) |
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Gallon (US) |
3.79 liters |
0.26 gallons (US) |
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Ounce (weight) |
28.35 grams |
Gram |
0.035 ounces (weight) |
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Pound |
0.45 kilograms |
Kilogram |
2.21 pounds |
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There is a mistake on convert table “grams into weight ounces, multiply the grams by 0.35274″. The number should be 0.035274. Otherwise, the numbers for ounces will be huge. I tried so many times and could not believe the ounces number, then figureed out …
Comment by Simone | August 1, 2008
Thank you for alerting us to the error - I have made the necessary adjustments. Thanks!
Comment by mark | August 1, 2008
How many grams is a stick of butter as in some US recipe?
Comment by lena | February 19, 2009
Hi Rose, I happen to chance upon your web and found it very well done up and useful for someone like me who is no good in cooking.
I am really very impressed by your blog.
Thank you very much for sharing your receipe with us. It is easy to understand.
Thank you and May God Bless You!
Rgds
Comment by Sally | May 27, 2009
Hi Rose
Thank you for sharing.
Take care!
Warm regards
Anna
Comment by Anna | October 2, 2009
I reckon there’s an error in the conversion from metric cup to grams. eg 1 cup flour, plain, self-rising = 1254gms which is 1.254kg. Should be 125.4gms!
Comment by Lucy | January 14, 2010
Hi Lucy,
Thanks for highlighting this to us. We will look into it.
Regards.
Comment by rose | January 19, 2010
Please let me know what are correct measurements for almond sugee cake, eg. how much to put in the butter, semolina and flour.
I am following the measurement gms. The cake wss very oily.
Thank you.
Comment by Lucy Low | July 14, 2010
Hi Rose
Thank u for all your recipes. I should be trying out some baking downloaded from your website.
I would appreciate if u can tell me what should the depth be for a 8″ round cake tin? Is is 2″ or 2.5″. Phoon Huat in S’pore only has 8″ x 3″.
Would appreciate your reply as I think depth of the cake tin does matter.
Rgds
Priscilla Poh
Comment by priscilla poh | July 20, 2010
Hi Rose,
Your nyonya kueh recipes use coconut milk in ml. I am not sure how much proportion of water to coconut milk.
How many ml is one coconut? What if I buy a ready squeezed coconut milk? Some say 200ml, 250ml, 300ml. What if I use the packet coconut milk which is very thick?
Appreciate your advice.
Bless you Rose. Take good care.
Comment by Ena | November 30, 2010
wow…thanks for the conversion tables. it do help.
Comment by doris | November 1, 2011