As you learned in Measuring Liquid Volume in the English
System, we deal with gallons, quarts, pints, cups, and ounces. In
smaller amounts, we talk about tablespoons and teaspoons.
As you learned in Measuring Liquid Volume in the Metric System, we deal
with liters and parts of liters like centiliters, milliliters.
Below, you can see how different measurements work in both systems.
Liquid Measures
1 cup
8 fluid ounces
1/2 pint
237 ml
16 tablespoons
2 cups
16 fluid ounces
1 pint
473 ml
4 cups
32 fluid ounces
1 quart
946 ml
2 pints
32 fluid ounces
1 quart
0.946 liters
4 quarts
128 fluid ounces
1 gallon
3.785 liters
1 teaspoon
1/6 fluid ounce
5 grams
about 5 ml
1 tablespoon
1/2 fluid ounce
15 grams
15 ml
3 teaspoons
2 tablespoons
1 fluid ounce
30 grams
29.6 ml
1/8 cup
8 tablespoons
4 fluid ounces
1/4 pint
118.5 ml
1/2 cup
Dry Measures
3 teaspoons
1 tablespoon
1/2 ounce
14.3 grams
2 tablespoons
1/8 cup
1 fluid ounce
28.35 grams
4 tablespoons
1/4 cup
2 fluid ounces
56.7 grams
5 1/3 tablespoons
1/3 cup
2.6 fluid ounces
75.6 grams
8 tablespoons
1/2 cup
4 ounces
113.4 grams
1 stick butter
12 tablespoons
3/4 cup
6 ounces
.375 pound
170 grams
32 tablespoons
2 cups
16 ounces
1 pound
453.6 grams
64 tablespoons
4 cups
32 ounces
2 pounds
907 grams
You try it!
Fill in the missing expressions.
EXAMPLE:
8 fl oz
1 cup
1 cup
fl oz
pt
2 gal
cups
qt
24 fl oz
qt
pt
3 qt
gal
fl oz
1 tablespoon (tbsp) =
3 teaspoons (tsp)
1/16 cup =
1 tablespoon
1/8 cup =
2 tablespoons
1/6 cup =
2 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons
1/4 cup =
4 tablespoons
1/3 cup =
5 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon
3/8 cup =
6 tablespoons
1/2 cup =
8 tablespoons
2/3 cup =
10 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons
3/4 cup =
12 tablespoons
1 cup =
48 teaspoons
1 cup =
16 tablespoons
8 fluid ounces (fl oz) =
1 cup
1 pint (pt) =
2 cups
1 quart (qt) =
2 pints
4 cups =
1 quart
1 gallon (gal) =
4 quarts
16 ounces (oz) =
1 pound (lb)
1 milliliter (ml) =
1 cubic centimeter (cc)
1 inch (in) =
2.54 centimeters (cm)
Source: United States Dept. of Agriculture (USDA).