Measurement Equivalents

AMERICAN LIQUID MEASUREMENTS CONVERTED TO METRIC AND ABBREVIATIONS: - Teaspoon: Approximately 5g (grams), common abbreviations: t., ttsp, tspn - Tablespoon: Approximately 15g (grams), common abbreviations: T., T, Tbsp, Tbspn - Cup: Approximately 227g (grams), common abbreviations: c., c, C, C. - Pint: Approximately 454g (grams), common abbreviations: pt., pt - Quart: Approximately 907g (grams), common abbreviations: qt., qt - Gallon: Approximately 3628g (grams), common abbreviations: gal., gal

Note on British Liquid Measurements: - A British liquid ounce is 1.04 times the American ounce. - A British pint contains 20 British ounces. - A British quart contains 40 ounces. - A gill is 5 ounces, or about 2/3 of an American cup. - A pint (liquid) weighs a pound everywhere except in England where a pint weighs a pound and a quarter. - British dry measures for ounces and pounds, and linear measures for inches and feet, are the same as American measures.

CONVERSION FORMULAS - AMERICAN, BRITISH, METRIC: - To convert Ounces to grams: Multiply ounces by 28.35. - To convert Grams to ounces: Multiply grams by 0.035. - To convert Liters to American quarts: Multiply liters by 0.95. - To convert Liters to British quarts: Multiply liters by 0.88. - To convert American quarts to liters: Multiply quarts by 1.057. - To convert British quarts to liters: Multiply quarts by 1.14. - To convert Inches to centimeters: Multiply inches by 2.54. - To convert Centimeters to inches: Multiply centimeters by 0.39.

CUP-DECILITER EQUIVALENTS: 1 deciliter equals 6 2/3 tablespoons. - 1/4 cup = 0.56 deciliters - 1/3 cup = 0.75 deciliters - 1/2 cup = 1.13 deciliters (corrected from '1/13') - 2/3 cup = 1.5 deciliters - 3/4 cup = 1.68 deciliters - 1 cup = 2.27 deciliters - 1 1/4 cups = 2.83 deciliters - 1 1/3 cups = 3.0 deciliters - 1 1/2 cups = 3.4 deciliters - 1 2/3 cups = 3.75 deciliters - 1 3/4 cups = 4.0 deciliters - 2 cups = 4.5 deciliters