Conversions: U.S. Standard to Metric

1 teaspoon 5 mL 1 tablespoon or 1/2 fluid ounce 15 mL 1 fluid ounce or 1/8 cup 30 mL 1/4 cup or 2 fluid ounces 60 mL 1/3 cup 80 mL 1/2 cup or 4 fluid ounces 120 mL 2/3 cup 160 mL 3/4 cup or 6 fluid ounces 180 mL 1/8 inch 3 mm 1/4 inch 6 mm 1/2 inch 13 mm 3/4 inch 19 mm 1 inch 2.5 cm 2 inches 5 cm 3 inches 7.6 cm 4 inches 10 cm 5 inches 13 cm 6 inches 15 cm 7 inches 18 cm 8 inches 20 cm 9 inches 23 cm 10 inches 25 cm 11 inches 28 cm 12 inches or 1 foot 30 cm You should be using 'mL' not 'ml' so not to confuse the letter l in a #1

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my eyesite isn't that great however i can see clearly the difference between alpha and numeric.

First of all Conversions are stupid and a pain in the gonads. Why do them at all? All you need is Metric 'cups' and 'spoons'. How come it is so dang hard looking and buying anything Metric in America? I mean come on, the same companies that sell in America sell around the World, too, and they sell metric products everywhere (but here), so why do they not sell those same products here, too? All the products are made over seas anyway. America do not want to make things anymore, and yet we are forced to buy and have two sets of tools (garage not kitchen) in our household and companies, Funny is it not? The recipes would not change any at all, you can use the same 'cup' and 'spoon', but it would be a Metric 'cup' and not an American 'cup'. The ratio would be the exactly the same, but you may end up with a little bit more, because the Metric 'cup' is 250 ml vs. the 237 ml American 'cup'. There would absolutely no difference in 'taste'.

Thanks for posting this as I'm not at all familiar with the metric system and I've avoided making recipes when they use the metric system.

I absolutely agree with metricCook! I am American and proud to be one, but we do tend to be lazy when it comes to matters of international diversity and expect everyone else to do all the changing and occomodating...as a "whole" I mean of course, not all of us!!

Oh Brother... Just use the conversions we don't need a lecture on American measurement I am glad this is here.

to Metric Cook, I agree with you,I live in Australia and I have the same problem but in reverse!It is a nightmare trying to covert your measures to metric, as even our tablespoon is different! but get this, I think the teaspoon is the same,also it is impossible to purchase cup measures and spoons in your measures in Australia, if anyone is willing, I will sent them the same set of metric if some one can send me a cup set, spoon set and a jug with measures.

I want to know 3/4 teaspoon into ml or grams

What's about the dry ingredient? like gram? thx

just want to know 3/4 teaspoon baking flour into grams thks

Hi, I'm about to make a cake, and the measurements are in cups!!! I live in europe and is only used to deciliters and centiliters and grams. Can someone help me with these measurements? 2 Cups Raw Cashews = gram?? 1 Cup Unsweetened Shredded Coconut = grams ?? 1/2 Cup Pitted Dates = grams?? Thank you so much :)

Hi Metricook, do you know a good site where your measurements are translated into grams and millilitres or decilitres??? I did not understand one bit of your transellation!!!Is 1 teaspoon 5 mL 1 tablespoon 1 teaspoon the same as 5 mL and 1 tablespoon or 1/2 fluid ounce 15 mL 1 fluid ounce or 1/8 cup 30 mL 1/4 cup or 2 fluid ounces 60 mL 1/3 cup 80 mL 1/2 cup or 4 fluid ounces 120 mL 2/3 cup 160 mL 3/4 cup or 6 fluid ounces 180 mL 1/8 inch 3 mm 1/4 inch 6 mm 1/2 inch 13 mm 3/4 inch 19 mm 1 inch 2.5 cm 2 inches 5 cm 3 inches 7.6 cm 4 inches 10 cm 5 inches 13 cm 6 inches 15 cm 7 inches 18 cm 8 inches 20 cm 9 inches 23 cm 10 inches 25 cm 11 inches 28 cm 12 inches or 1 foot 30 cm You should be using 'mL' not 'ml' so not to confuse the letter l in a #1

OK this didn`t help much as a new cook I thought a cup was a TEACUP no wonder my totillas were like rock! Going back to Grandma`s measurement a small sherry glass a large sherry glass and a whisky glass

I am an American living in Europe and I like making my "comfort food" recipes. I have trouble with American units like "one 8 oz. can", when ours are in mL, or grams. With some items it isn't always an easy oz to grams conversion. Some canned items like fruit or tomatoes are in oz but it isn't clear how much of that is liquid or if it should be drained. It may sound silly, but it takes a lot of trial and error. It is difficult enough just dealing with recipes that call for "all purpose flour" when we have 405 or 550 flour and I don't know if anything is added to it in the US. It does give a shopping trip an added adventure level.

I was trying to shorten a recipe,but if it reads 3/8 package ziti pasta. How do you measure uncooked pasta ? I can see the eggs,& everything else but the pasta. This recipe is Baked Ziti Casserole for 4 servings By Paula Zsiray. They are saying 1/4 cup & 2 Tablespoons. Please Explain... Thanks Decafe 1