1 tablespoon in cups

Conversion formula

The conversion factor from tablespoons to cups is 0.062500000000211, which means that 1 tablespoon is equal to 0.062500000000211 cups:

1 tbsp = 0.062500000000211 cup

To convert 1 tablespoon into cups we have to multiply 1 by the conversion factor in order to get the volume amount from tablespoons to cups. We can also form a simple proportion to calculate the result:

1 tbsp → 0.062500000000211 cup

1 tbsp → V_(cup)

Solve the above proportion to obtain the volume V in cups:

V_(cup) = 1 tbsp × 0.062500000000211 cup

V_(cup) = 0.062500000000211 cup

The final result is:

1 tbsp → 0.062500000000211 cup

We conclude that 1 tablespoon is equivalent to 0.062500000000211 cups:

1 tablespoon = 0.062500000000211 cups

Alternative conversion

We can also convert by utilizing the inverse value of the conversion factor. In this case 1 cup is equal to 15.999999999946 × 1 tablespoon.

Another way is saying that 1 tablespoon is equal to 1 ÷ 15.999999999946 cups.

Approximate result

For practical purposes we can round our final result to an approximate numerical value. We can say that one tablespoon is approximately zero point zero six three cups:

1 tbsp ≅ 0.063 cup

An alternative is also that one cup is approximately sixteen times one tablespoon.

Conversion table

tablespoons to cups chart

For quick reference purposes, below is the conversion table you can use to convert from tablespoons to cups