6 Tablespoons to Cups

How much cups are 6 tablespoons? The answer is ⅜ of one cup. The conversion of 6 tablespoon to cups is a common need in baking both in the imperial and metric system. Free tablespoon-to-cup conversion chart.

How many cups are 6 tablespoons? In kitchens across the United States which follow the imperial system, the answer is 6 tablespoons equals ⅜ cups. But there are more options depending on the equipment you have on hand.

You need this knowledge in case you are finding yourself without the necessary measuring tools and need other ways to measure out 6 tablespoons.

In this article, I will share those options, and calculation conversions, as well as practical examples and dry and wet conversions. You might also benefit from learning how many tablespoons in ⅓ cup?, how many tablespoon in ⅔ cups?, or my What is Half of ¼ Cups, ⅓ Cups and ¾ Cups? article.

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• How to Calculate 6 Tablespoons into Cups?
• Mathematical Breakdown
• Conversion of 6 Tablespoons Using Teaspoons
• Common Conversions 6 tablespoon to ⅜ Cup
• Measuring Tips for Accuracy
• 📌Chart of Tablespoons to Cups
• Tablespoons in Other Countries
• 📌Conversion to Metric Measurements
• 📌Measuring Equipment: Spoons & Cups
• 📌Free Kitchen Measuring Conversion Chart
• FAQS
• More Cooking Conversion Resources

How to Calculate 6 Tablespoons into Cups?

The mathematical calculation is easy: Just multiply the value in tablespoons by the conversion factor 0.0625. So, 6 Tablespoons times 0.0625 is equal to ⅜ cups.

The answer to this conversion is that there are 4 tablespoons in a ¼ cup. That is important when calculating the conversion of 6 tablespoons into cups because it is not a clean division. Also, a digital kitchen scale will not measure volume. So we have to convert the calculation into all a partial cup and tablespoon combo and we get that 6 tablespoons equals ¼ cup and 2 tbsp.

We can even make the conversion of 6 tablespoons into all teaspoons using this conversion: How many teaspoons are in a tablespoon? Since there are 3 teaspoons in a tablespoon, 6 tablespoons equals 18 teaspoons.

Mathematical Breakdown

Here's a breakdown of how this conversion works for measuring either 6 tablespoons into ⅜ cups, or ⅜ cups into 6 tablespoons:

¼ cup = 4 tablespoons
So 6 tablespoons = ¼ cup + 2 tablespoons.

This conversion applies to both liquid and dry ingredients in the US customary system of measurement. Having this conversion knowledge at your fingertips ensures you can follow recipes accurately and make adjustments as needed.

Conversion of 6 Tablespoons Using Teaspoons

Imagine you're making no bake brownie bites, but you plan on using 6 tablespoon of date paste instead of 6 dates. So you make the date paste, and then want to measure out 6 tablespoons. Only you don't have a tablespoon measuring spoon. It got dropped down the garbage disposal.

Well, I have an alternative way to measure out 6 tablespoons using a measuring cup and a teaspoon. Here are all the ways to measure out 6 tablespoons depending on the measuring equipment you have on hand:

6 tablespoons = ⅜ cups

6 tablespoons = ¼ cup + 2 tablespoons

6 tablespoons = ¼ cups + 6 teaspoons

6 tablespoons = 18 teaspoons

So, if you don't have a tablespoon measuring spoon on hand, you could measure out date paste for the recipe by using a ¼ cup measuring cup and teaspoons.

So you would use ¼ cup + 6 teaspoons of date paste, or 18 teaspoons..

Common Conversions 6 tablespoon to ⅜ Cup

Flour: Dry ingredients such as 6 tablespoons of flour are easy to measure using a tablespoon or measuring out ¼ cup of flour plus 2 tablespoon of flour.

Water: For liquid ingredients like water, 6 tablespoon is easy to measure using a tablespoon, or again measuring ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoon of water.

Butter: 6 tablespoons of butter can be measured by using the tablespoon measuring lines on the paper coating on sticks of butter, or by pressing soft or melted butter into measuring spoons. Additionally, 6 tablespoon of butter is equal to ¼ cup of butter plus 2 tablespoons of butter.

Measuring Tips for Accuracy

1.With both liquids and dry ingredients, be sure to level off your measuring cups or spoons, do not allow them to heap or bubble up.

2.Although technically you can use a cup and tablespoon to measure dry ingredients like flour or cocoa, it's best to weight them as scooping can cause package and artificially increase the final measured amount.

If you don't have a scale however, you can use a cup and measuring spoons to measure dry ingredients, just be sure to use the stir and level method. You would stir up the dry ingredient with a spoon in the container, then spoon the dry amount into your measuring cup or spoon, then level it off with a knife.
Here is my Indepth tutorial on How to Measure a Cup of Flour.

📌Chart of Tablespoons to Cups

To help your understanding of the relationship between 6 tablespoons and ⅜ cups, here is a handy chart explaining how tablespoons and cups generally relate using the United States measuring system.

tablespoons	cups
2 Tablespoon	⅛ cup
4 Tablespoon	¼ cup
5.33 Tablespoon	⅓ cup
8 Tablespoon	½ cup
10.67 Tablespoon	⅔ cup
12 Tablespoon	¾ cup
16 Tablespoon	1 cup

Tablespoons in Other Countries

If you need to convert 6 tablespoons while cooking in other countries, you will have to use a different conversion. That's because the size of the tablespoon and teaspoons differ in different countries.

United Kingdom tablespoon. The UK’s tablespoon measurement is referred to as the Imperial tablespoon and is equal to 17.8 milliliters. This is about 20 percent larger than the tablespoon measurement used in the US.

Australian tablespoon. The Australian tablespoon is larger, at 20 milliliters .

📌Conversion to Metric Measurements

Outside of the United States, countries use the metric system, not the imperial used by the USA. So you should check the country of origin for any recipe before beginning. Here are some conversions between cups, tablespoons, ounces and the metric system's milliliters.

1 cup = 16 tablespoons = 8 fluid ounces = 237 ml
¾ cup = 12 tablespoons = 6 fluid ounces = 177 ml
⅜ cup = 6 tablespoons = ¼ cup + 2 tbsp
⅔ cup = 10.67 tablespoons = 5.33 fluid ounces = 157 ml
½ cup = 8 tablespoons = 4 fluid ounces = 118 ml
⅓ cup = 5.33 tablespoons = 2.66 fluid ounces = 78.66 ml
¼ cup = 4 tablespoons = 2 fluid ounces = 59 ml

📌Measuring Equipment: Spoons & Cups

You'll need the proper kitchen measuring tools, especially measuring spoons and measuring cups, to measure ingredients accurately for your recipes. Here are my favorites!

Measuring Cups For Liquid Ingredients

• I love this adjustable measuring cup for semi-wet, sticky ingredients.
• 3-piece glass measuring cup set, microwave-safe, best for melting chocolate
• Glass measuring beaker, fun for coffees and shots and making pretend your kitchen is a laboratory.

Measuring Cups & Spoons For Dry Ingredients

• Favorite stainless steel measuring cups and spoons.
• Dark measuring spoons and cups.
• Gold measuring spoons to be fancy.

📌Free Kitchen Measuring Conversion Chart

Download my free kitchen measuring conversion chart and either post it on your refrigerator or laminate it and add it to your recipe notebook. It can be a handy reference when you want to convert measurements to adjust a recipe, both imperial or metric.

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More Cooking Conversion Resources

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