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Tablespoons to cups

1 tablespoon = 0.0625 cups

For any other value: cups = tbsp × 0.0625

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0.0156 cups

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On the same scale: 2.5 tbsp is 0.156 cups, and 12.5 tbsp is 0.781 cups.

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Tablespoons to cups: the values people look up most
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0.25 tbsp 0.0156 cups
6 tbsp 0.375 cups
12 tbsp 0.75 cups
3 tbsp 0.1875 cups
4 tbsp 0.25 cups
8 tbsp 0.5 cups
2 tbsp 0.125 cups
9 tbsp 0.5625 cups
1 tbsp 0.0625 cups
5 tbsp 0.3125 cups
10 tbsp 0.625 cups
16 tbsp 1 cup
15 tbsp 0.9375 cups
20 tbsp 1.25 cups
14 tbsp 0.875 cups
7 tbsp 0.4375 cups
24 tbsp 1.5 cups
32 tbsp 2 cups
18 tbsp 1.125 cups
30 tbsp 1.875 cups
13 tbsp 0.8125 cups
25 tbsp 1.5625 cups
28 tbsp 1.75 cups
0.5 tbsp 0.0313 cups
36 tbsp 2.25 cups
48 tbsp 3 cups
40 tbsp 2.5 cups
60 tbsp 3.75 cups
21 tbsp 1.3125 cups
64 tbsp 4 cups

Formula

cups = tbsp × 0.0625

16 tablespoons make a US cup. A stick of butter is 8 tablespoons, or half a cup.

Where this number comes from

This factor is exact, not rounded. Sixteen tablespoons to a US cup.

Source: NIST Guide to the SI, Appendix B: Conversion Factors, NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA).

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