Units of Measure

Units of Measure

Abbreviations
Volume Measurement
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Weight Measurement
Weight to Volume Relationships

Can Sizes
Substitutions

Volume Measurement
(also called fluid measure)

(Ounce (oz) indicates volume or fluid ounce, not to be confused with weight ounce)

1 teaspoon	⅓ tablespoon
3 teaspoons	1 tablespoon	½ oz
2 tablespoons	1/8 cup	1 oz
4 tablespoons	¼ cup	2 oz
8 tablespoons	½ cup	4 oz or 1 gill
16 tablespoons	1 cup	8 oz
2 cups	1 pint	16 oz
2 pints	1 quart	32 oz
4 quarts	1 gallon	128 oz
1 teaspoon	5 ml (metric)
1 tablespoon	14.8 ml (metric)
1 ounce	29.6 ml (metric)
¼ cup	59 ml (metric)
½ cup	118 ml (metric)
1 cup	236 ml (metric)
1 pint	473 ml (metric)
1 quart	946 ml (metric)
1 gallon	3.8 liter (metric)
1 milliliter	1/5 teaspoon
1 centiliter (10ml)	2 teaspoons
1 deciliter (100ml)	0.42 cup	6 ¾ tablespoons
1 liter (1000ml)	1.06 quart

Weight Measurement

(Ounce (oz) indicates weight ounce, not to be confused with volume or fluid ounce)

16 drams	1 oz
16 ounces	1 lb
1 ounce	28g (metric)
1 pound	454g (metric)
1 gram	0.57 dram
1 centigram (10g)	0.36 oz (5.7 dram)
1 decigram (100g)	3.6 oz
1 kilogram (1000g)	2.2 pounds

Weight to Volume Relationships

3g cornstarch		1 teaspoon
100g butter		7 tbls (½ cup-1 tbls)
100g flour		11 tbls (¾ cup-1 tbls)
100g sugar		7 tbls (½ cup-1 tbls)
100g milk	97 mL	6.5 tbls or 20 tsp
1 cup granulated sugar		6.7 oz (wght)	187g
1 tablespoon granulated sugar		0.5 oz (wght)	14 g
1 cup confectioners' sugar		4½ oz (wght)	128g
1 cup brown sugar		6 oz (wght)	170g
1 cup molasses, honey, or corn syrup		12 oz (wght)	340g
1 cup salt		10.4 oz (wght)	291g
1 tablespoon salt		0.4 oz (wght)	12 g
1 cup flour		4.8 oz (wght)	134g
¼ lb butter	½ cup	8 tbls	114g
1 cup milk	236 mL	8.6 oz (wght)	243g

Abbreviations

oz	ounce (either weight or fluid)
lb	pound
tsp	teaspoon
tbs (or tbls)	tablespoon
g	gram (0.57 dram)
kg	kilogram (2.2 lb)
ml	milliliter (1/5 teas)
l	liter (1.06 quart)

Substitutions

1 cup milk	¼ cup dried milk powder, 1 cup water, 2 tsp. oil or ½ cup evaporated milk,½ cup water
1 cup sour milk	1 cup milk, 1½ tsp. lemon juice or 1 cup milk, 1 ⅓ tsp. vinegar
1 tbs. flour (for thickening)	½ tbs cornstarch
1 cup sugar	8 tsp Sweet N Low

Can Sizes

#1 Can	10-12 ounces
#300 Can	14-16 ounces
#1½ or #303 Can	1 pound, 17 ounces
#2 Can	1 pound, 4 ounces or 1 pint, 2 fluid ounces
#2½ Can	1 pound, 12-14 ounces
#3 Can	3 pounds, 3 ounces or 1 quart, 14 fluid ounces
#10 Can	6 pounds, 2 ounces or 7 pounds, 5 ounces