How many teaspoons in a tablespoon (cup, ounce, quart, pint)

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How many teaspoons in a tablespoon? 3 teaspoons in a tablespoon; 1.5 teaspoons in half a tablespoon.

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Teaspoons and tablespoons are very important measurements and the basic measuring units in cooking. If you check a recipe, you will find add 3 tablespoon of this or ad 3 teaspoons of that. You might wander that we do not only use it while having tea. So, why is this named as teaspoon? The Emperor of China, according to history found out tea.  Later on, the tea had become famous for its great uses like curing headaches and mild pain in the body. The Chinese people then started sharing tea with many countries like Holland, Portugal, Britain and France. Now it used for cooking and eating. It is still known as a teaspoon because 1 teaspoon is perfect for making a cup of coffee or tea. There are teaspoons known as iced tea spoon which is used for having cold desserts like ice-cream or cake. There is also a spoon known as the coffee spoon but it did not gain popularity like the tea spoon. There are more 2 types of teaspoons: the bar teaspoon and orange teaspoon. It is written as “Tbsp.”, “T.”, “Tbls.”, or “Tb.”. In German and Dutch teaspoon is abbreviated TL.

How many teaspoons in a tablespoon

We know that 1 teaspoon is 4.9 ml. 1 tablespoon is 14.8ml.

Now, let us divide 14.8 ml by 4.9 ml. The result is 3.020408. We get 3 teaspoons in a tablespoon.

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While calculating half, multiply 0.5 by 3 and the result is 1.5

In mathematical terms, (14.8ml ÷ 4.9 ml) = 3 [both the ml gets cancelled]

To find half: 0.5 × 3 = 1.5 tbsp.

 

How many teaspoons in a cup

How many teaspoons in a cup

Let us find how many teaspoons in a cup. You already know that 3 teaspoons in a tablespoon.

1 cup is equal to 0.25 quart. 0.25 quart is equal to 16 tablespoon. We know that 1 tablespoon is equal to 3 teaspoon. 48 teaspoons is equal to 16 tablespoon. Therefore, we can say that 48 teaspoons in a cup.

1 cup = 0.25 quart 0.25 quart = 16 tbsps.

1 tbsp. = 3 teaspoons. Multiply 3 with 16 and you get 48 teaspoons.

8 ounces = 1 cup and 1 ounce = 6 teaspoons

Multiply 6 with 8 and you get 48 teaspoons.

This are two ways you can find out how many teaspoons in a cup.

Multiply 48 by 0.5 and you will get 24 teaspoons.

48 teaspoons in a cup

24 teaspoons in half a cup

 

How many teaspoons in an ounce 

How many teaspoons in an ounce

6 teaspoons in an ounce

We know that 8 ounces make a cup. From that we can find out how many teaspoons in an ounce. We know, 1 tablespoon is equal to 3 teaspoon. 1 cup is equal to 48 teaspoon.

Therefore, we can write 8 ounces = 48 teaspoons

1 ounce= 6 teaspoons (Divide 48 by 8)

Other formulae:

 

How many teaspoons in a quart

192 teaspoons in a quart

 

How many teaspoons in a pint

96 teaspoons in a pint

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