Use these compact references when you need to recognize a familiar kitchen relationship at a glance. Open a calculator when the amount is not listed or when ingredient density matters.
Choose the right kind of chart
Volume-to-volume and weight-to-weight relationships are fixed. Cups or spoons to grams are different: choose the ingredient, because flour, sugar, butter, and liquids do not share one density.
US volume relationships
Measure
Equivalent
1 tablespoon
3 teaspoons
1 US cup
16 tablespoons
1 US cup
8 US fluid ounces
1 US pint
2 US cups
1 US quart
2 US pints
1 US gallon
4 US quarts
Metric and US volume reference
Metric measure
US equivalent
5 milliliters
1.014 teaspoons
15 milliliters
1.014 tablespoons
30 milliliters
1.014 US fluid ounces
120 milliliters
0.507 US cups
240 milliliters
1.014 US cups
500 milliliters
2.113 US cups
Weight reference
Measure
Equivalent
1 ounce
28.35 grams
4 ounces
113.4 grams
8 ounces
226.8 grams
1 pound
453.6 grams
1 kilogram
2.205 pounds
Oven temperature reference
Fahrenheit
Celsius
Gas Mark
300°F
149°C
Gas Mark 2
325°F
163°C
Gas Mark 3
350°F
177°C
Gas Mark 4
375°F
191°C
Gas Mark 5
400°F
204°C
Gas Mark 6
425°F
218°C
Gas Mark 7
450°F
232°C
Gas Mark 8
Read the unit label first
These tables use US customary cups, tablespoons, teaspoons, fluid ounces, pints, quarts, and gallons. Fluid ounces measure volume; ordinary ounces measure weight. Imperial volume units can differ and should not be substituted silently.
