Imperial (U.K.) Units and Their Equivalents

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Imperial (U.K.) Units and Their Equivalents

It is generally not a good idea to scale a recipe up or down by more than 3 or 4 times. All measurements presented on this page are in Imperial (U.K.) units.

Liquid Measurements

teaspoon

dessert-
spoon

tablespoon

fluid
ounce

gill

breakfast
cup

pint

quart

gallon

1 teaspoon =

1

1/2

1/3

0.21

1/24

- - -

- - -

- - -

- - -

1 dessert
spoon =

2

1

2/3

0.42

1/12

- - -

- - -

- - -

- - -

1 tablespoon =

3

1 ½

1

5/8

1/8

1/16

- - -

- - -

- - -

1 fluid ounce =

4.8

2.4

1.6

1

1/5

1/10

1/20

- - -

- - -

1 gill =

24

12

8

5

1

1/2

1/4

1/8

- - -

1 breakfast cup =

48

24

16

10

2

1

1/2

1/4

1/16

1 pint =

96

48

32

20

2

2

1

1/2

1/8

1 quart =

192

96

64

40

8

4

2

1

1/4

1 gallon =

768

384

256

160

32

16

8

4

1

Weight

The Imperial system uses the same units of weight as the U.S. system. Do not confuse the ounce of weight with the fluid ounce, because they are not the same; there is no standard conversion between weight and volume unless you know the density of the ingredient.

16 ounces = 1 pound

Length

Both Imperial and U.S. units of length are identical.

inch

foot

yard

1 inch =

1

1/12

1/36

1 foot =

12

1

1/3

1 yard =

36

3

1

1 mile =

- - -

5280

1760

rev. 10/12

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