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

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1/3 cup = 5 1/3 tbsp (5.33)

Measurement system

Step by step

Use the steps below to check how 1/3 cup becomes tablespoons; the other units and nearby values follow.

  1. Begin with 1/3 cup.
  2. One US cup is 16 tablespoons, so multiply by 16.
  3. 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 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
1/3 Cup to Tablespoons - How Many Tbsp in 1/3 Cup
1/3 cup on the cups scale lines up with 5 1/3 tbsp on the tablespoons scale.

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.

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Sources: Unit definitions: NIST Handbook 44 · Last reviewed · Report an error

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