Cooking Section Metric Guidelines

For butter conversion

U.S. recipes often times call for sticks of butter, and U.K. recipes call for grams. Google
them to convert.
Metric Equivalents

1/4 teaspoon

1.23 milliliters

1/2 teaspoon

2.46 milliliters

3/4 teaspoon

3.7 milliliters

1 teaspoon

4.93 milliliters

1 1/4 teaspoons

6.16 milliliters

1 1/2 teaspoons

7.39 milliliters

1 3/4 teaspoons

8.63 milliliters

2 teaspoons

9.86 milliliters

1 tablespoon

14.79 milliliters

2 tablespoons

29.57 milliliters

1/4 cup

59.15 milliliters

1/2 cup

118.3 milliliters

1 cup

236.59 milliliters

2 cups or 1 pint

473.18 milliliters

3 cups

709.77 milliliters

4 cups or 1 quart

946.36 milliliters

4 quarts or 1 gallon

3.785 liters

Temperature Equivalents

Fahrenheit

Celsius

Water Freezes

Water Boils

32F

0C

40

4.4

50

10

60

15.6

70

21.1

80

26.7

90

32.2

100

37.8

110

43.3

120

48.9

130

54.4

140

60

150

65.6

160

71.1

170

76.7

180

82.2

190

87.8

200

93.3

212

100

250

121

300

149

350

177

400

205

450

233

500

260

When converting to or from metric, be sure to convert all measurements. Otherwise, the
proportions of the ingredients could be critically imbalanced.

Converting to Metric

When This Is Known

Multiply It By

To Get

teaspoons

4.93

milliliters

tablespoons

14.79

milliliters

fluid ounces

29.57

milliliters

cups

236.59

milliliters

cups

0.236

liters

pints

473.18

milliliters

pints

0.473

liters

quarts

946.36

milliliters

quarts

0.946

liters

gallons

3.785

liters

ounces

28.35

grams

pounds

0.454

kilograms

inches

2.54

centimeters

Fahrenheit

subtract 32, multiply by 5 and divide by 9

Celsius (Centigrade)

Converting from Metric

When This Is Known

Divide It By

To Get

milliliters

4.93

teaspoons

milliliters

14.79

tablespoons

milliliters

29.57

fluid ounces

milliliters

236.59

cups

liters

0.236

cups

milliliters

473.18

pints

liters

0.473

pints

milliliters

946.36

quarts

liters

0.946

quarts

liters

3.785

gallons

grams

28.35

ounces

kilograms

0.454

pounds

centimeters

2.54

inches

Celsius (Centigrade)

multiply by 9 divide by 5 and add 32

Fahrenhe