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.
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recipe only to realize that it needs to be converted from grams to
teaspoons? Then after all of that the oven temperature is listed in
centigrade not Fahrenheit. Do you need to add 10 milliliters of vanilla to a
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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
|
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 |
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