Tablespoons to teaspoons
1 US tablespoon = 3 US teaspoons. 1 US tablespoon = 3 US teaspoons.
1 US tablespoon
3 US teaspoons
Volume stays the same whichever ingredient fills the cup.
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Tablespoons to teaspoons chart
| US tablespoons | US teaspoons |
|---|---|
| 1/4 | 3/4 (0.75) |
| 1/2 | 1 1/2 (1.5) |
| 1 | 3 |
| 1 1/2 | 4 1/2 (4.5) |
| 2 | 6 |
| 3 | 9 |
| 4 | 12 |
Good to know
Halving a recipe that calls for 1 tablespoon gives 1 1/2 teaspoons.
The figures follow the US definitions in NIST Handbook 44: 3 teaspoons to a tablespoon, 16 tablespoons to a cup, 2 cups to a pint, 4 quarts to a gallon and 28.349523125 grams to an ounce by weight.
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