How many tbsp in 1cup?

Answer 1

There are 16 tablespoons in 1 cup.

If you think about it, there are 8 tablespoons in a stick of butter, and a stick of butter is 1/2 of a cup. Therefore there are 16 tablespoons in one cup of butter. So a tablepoon is 1/16th of a cup.

Here is the Google conversion:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=how+many+tablespoons+in+a+cup

And also a cooking measurement reference page from the Living Cookbook:

http://www.livingcookbook.com/resources/unitconversiontables.htm

Algebraic Steps / Dimensional Analysis Formula____ tablespoons*1 c

16 tablespoons=? c
16
That is 16 tbsp.

Answer 2

That is approximately 16 tbsp.