How Many Tablespoons in 1/3 Cup?
Answer
5 and one third tbsp
1/3 cup is 5 1/3 tablespoons.
UK: 1/3 metric cup (83.33 ml) = 5.556 metric tablespoons
Exact: 1/3 cup = 78.8627455 ml
Step by step
Use the steps below to check how 1/3 cup becomes tablespoons; the other units and nearby values follow.
- Begin with 1/3 cup.
- One US cup is 16 tablespoons, so multiply by 16.
- 1/3 × 16 = 5 1/3 tbsp (5.333).
1/3 cup in other units
1/3 cup is also:
Cups to tablespoons near 1/3
| Cups | Tablespoons |
|---|---|
| one eighth cup | 2 |
| one quarter cup | 4 |
| one third cup | 5 and one third |
| three eighths cup | 6 |
| one half cup | 8 |
| five eighths cup | 10 |
| two thirds cup | 10 and two thirds |
| three quarters cup | 12 |
Questions about 1/3 cup
How many tablespoons are in 1/3 cup?
1/3 cup is 5 1/3 tablespoons, which is also 16 tsp.
Is 1/3 cup the same in the UK?
Not exactly. UK recipes use the metric cup (250 ml) and the metric tablespoon (15 ml), so 1/3 cup comes to 5.556 metric tablespoons. US recipes use the US sizes.
What is half of 1/3 cup in tablespoons?
Half of 1/3 cup is 0.1667 cup, which equals 2 2/3 tablespoons.
See the full cups to tablespoons chart and converter.
Sources: Unit definitions: NIST Handbook 44 · Last reviewed · Report an error
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