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Tablespoons to cups

Convert tablespoons to US cups, rounded to the nearest measuring cup, with the math shown step by step.

Cups (US)
1 cup

15.33 tbsp ≈ 1 cup

Exact amount 0.958 cups · 1 cup is 9.91 ml over

Also equals

How it works

cups = tbsp ÷ 16

There are exactly 16 tablespoons in a US cup, so dividing by 16 gives cups as a decimal. Then round to the nearest measuring cup.

  1. Divide by 16 15.33 ÷ 16 = 0.9581 cups
  2. Round to the nearest measuring cup 0.9581 → 1 cup
Picture it

Almost another full cup

Nearby values

Tablespoons Cups (US) Exact Milliliters
12.33 tbsp 3/4 cup 0.77 182.32
13.33 tbsp 3/4 cup 0.83 197.11
14.33 tbsp 1 cup 0.9 211.89
15.33 tbsp 1 cup 0.96 226.68
16.33 tbsp 1 cup 1.02 241.47
17.33 tbsp 1 1/8 cups 1.08 256.25
18.33 tbsp 1 1/8 cups 1.15 271.04