CONVERSION UNIDAD METRICA AMERICANA

Metric Imperial US cups

250ml 8 fl oz 1 cup

180ml 6 fl oz 3/4 cup                                                                                                                             

150ml 5 fl oz 2/3 cup                                                                                                                           

120ml 4 fl oz 1/2 cup

75ml 2 1/2 fl oz 1/3 cup

60ml 2 fl oz 1/4 cup

30ml 1 fl oz 1/8 cup

15ml 1/2 fl oz 1 tablespoon

Weight

Check this chart for basic imperial to metric conversions:

1/2 oz 15g

1 oz 30g

2 oz 60g

3 oz 90g

4 oz 110g

5 oz 140g

6 oz 170g 

7 oz 200g

8 oz 225g                                                                                                                                                        

9 oz 255g                                                                                                                                     

10 oz 280g

11 oz 310g
12 oz 340g
13 oz 370g
14 oz 400g
15 oz 425g
1 lb 450g


Spoons!


Ever stop to wonder about teaspoons, dessertspoons and tablespoons? Here are their metric equivalents. But first:


1 dessertspoon = 2 teaspoons
3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon
1 teaspoon 5ml
2 teaspoons 10ml
1 tablespoon 15ml
2 tablespoons 30ml
3 tablespoons 45ml
4 tablespoons 60ml
5 tablespoons 75ml
6 tablespoons 90ml
7 tablespoons 105ml


Also know that tablespoons can be easily used to convert dry (and wet) ingredients to/from US cups. Here's a simple conversion chart:


Tablespoons to US cups


1 tablespoon 1/16 cup
2 tablespoons 1/8 cup
4 tablespoons 1/4 cup
5 tablespoons 1/3 cup
8 tablespoons 1/2 cup
10 tablespoons 2/3 cup
12 tablespoons 3/4 cup
16 tablespoons 1 cup


Weight of common ingredients


Found a recipe in US cups? Keep in mind a cup of butter weighs much more than a cup of flour! Use this chart to convert common ingredients between cups, metric and imperial:


Plain flour and icing sugar


1/8 cup 15g 1/2 oz
1/4 cup 30g 1 oz
1/3 cup 40g 1 1/2 oz
1/2 cup 65g 2 1/4 oz
2/3 cup 85g 3 oz

3/4 cup 95g 3 1/4 oz

1 cup 125g 4 1/2 oz

Porridge oats

1/8 cup 10g 1/3 oz

1/4 cup 20g 3/4 oz

1/3 cup 30g 1 oz

1/2 cup 45g 1 1/2 oz

3/4 cup 60g 2 1/4 oz

1 cup 85g 3 oz   

Sugar (caster and granulated)

1/8 cup 25g 1 oz

1/4 cup 50g 1 3/4 oz

1/3 cup 70g 2 1/4 oz

1/2 cup 100g 3 1/2 oz

2/3 cup 135g 4 3/4 oz

3/4 cup 150g 5 1/4 oz

1 cup 200g 7 oz

Brown soft sugar                                                                                                          

1/8 cup 25g 1 oz

1/4 cup 55g 2 oz                                                                                                                               

1/3 cup 75g 2 1/2 oz    
1/2 cup 110g 4 oz
2/3 cup 150g 5 oz
3/4 cup 170g 6 oz
1 cup 220g 7 3/4 oz


Honey, treacle and syrup


1/8 cup 45g 1 1/2 oz
1/4 cup 85g 3 oz
1/3 cup 110g 4 oz
1/2 cup 170g 6 oz

2/3 cup 225g 8 oz                                                                                                                           
3/4 cup 250g 9 oz
1 cup 340g 12 oz


Butter and margarine


1/8 cup 25g 1 oz
1/4 cup 60g 2 oz
1/3 cup 75g 3 oz
1/2 cup 110g 4 oz
2/3 cup 150g 5 1/4 oz
3/4 cup 180g 6 1/4 oz
1 cup 225g 8 oz