1 Cup

"1 Cup" is equal to 8 liquid ounces in US traditional Volume. The is a measure used in cooking.

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A Metric Cup is slightly different: that is 250 milliliters (which is about 8.5 fluid ounces).


Ounces(at 8 oz every cup)Tablespoons(at 16 Tbs per cup)milliliters(at 250 ml per cup)
¼ cup2 oz4 Tbs63 ml
1/3 cupAbout 2¾ ozAbout 5 Tbs83 ml
½ cup4 oz8 Tbs125 ml
2/3 cupAbout 5¼ ozAbout 11 Tbs167 ml
¾ cup6 oz12 Tbs188 ml
1 cup8 oz16 Tbs250 ml
1 ¼ cup10 oz20 Tbs313 ml
1 ½ cup12 oz24 Tbs375 ml
1 ¾ cup14 oz28 Tbs438 ml
2 cups16 oz32 Tbs500 ml
4 cups32 oz64 Tbs1000 ml (1 liter)
8 cups64 oz128 Tbs2000 ml (2 liters)

(In italics: no exact)


Measuring Cups

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Measuring cups are provided to measure liquids, or powders like flour or sugar.

As we fill up the measuring cup, we have to look in ~ which number it is fill to.


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Here we have actually 2/3 cup (two-thirds of a cup) the milk.


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And they can also measure milliliters (ml):

Here we have 150 ml.

It doesn"t to speak "150" ... It states "50" ... However it is half-way in between 100 and 200 so us can number out the is 150 ml.


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There are also special ones designed to organize an exact amount, such as these 1/2 cup and 1/4 cup measures.


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lock can additionally hold much more than "1 Cup" of liquid.

This measuring cup holds approximately 4 cups of liquid. If the liquid goes all the way to the 3, climate there are 3 cup of liquid.Between the numbers we uncover fractions that a cup.

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2 cups that a fluid is the exact same thing as 1 pint. So this measuring cup likewise holds 2 pints (4 cups equates to 2 pints).