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Cups to tablespoons

Convert US cups (or fractions like 1/3 cup) to tablespoons, with the math shown step by step.

Tablespoons
18 tbsp

1 1/8 cups = 18 tbsp

Also equals

How it works

tbsp = cups × 16

There are exactly 16 tablespoons in a US cup, so multiply by 16. Handy when you only have a tablespoon: 1/4 cup is 4 tablespoons.

  1. Multiply by 16 1.125 × 16 = 18 tbsp
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1 full cup, plus 1/8 cup

Nearby values

Cups (US) Tablespoons Teaspoons Milliliters
0.375 cup 6 tbsp 18 88.72
0.625 cup 10 tbsp 30 147.87
0.875 cup 14 tbsp 42 207.01
1 1/8 cups 18 tbsp 54 266.16
1.375 cups 22 tbsp 66 325.31
1.625 cups 26 tbsp 78 384.46
1.875 cups 30 tbsp 90 443.6