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US Tablespoons to Sticks of Butter (Butter) Converter

Convert US tablespoons (tbsp) to sticks of butter (stick) for butter, with the formula, a conversion table and exact factors.

Change the values and press Calculate to work out your own figures.

Enter an amount, choose its measure and the one you want, and pick the type. Spoons and cups convert to weight using the cited weight per cup.

About amountThe quantity to convert. Fractions such as 3/4 or 1 1/2 are accepted.
About toUnit you want. Swap exchanges the two units.
About ingredientWeight per cup differs by ingredient and by how it is measured; each option names the assumption used.
Result
Converted amount
0.125 stick

1 US tablespoons = 0.125 sticks of butter.

Show the the same amount in other weight units (18 rows)
The same amount in other weight units
UnitAmount
US teaspoons3
US tablespoons1
US fluid ounces0.5
US cups0.0625
US liquid pints0.03125
US liquid quarts0.015625
US gallons0.00390625
US nutrition-label fluid ounces0.492892
US nutrition-label cups0.0616115
milliliters14.7868
liters0.0147868
metric teaspoons2.95735
metric tablespoons0.985784
metric cups0.0591471
imperial fluid ounces0.520421
imperial pints0.0260211
imperial quarts0.0130105
imperial gallons0.00325263
Show the working
  1. 1 tbsp = 14.7867647812 mL
  2. 14.7867647812 mL ÷ 118.29411825 mL per stick = 0.125 stick

How to convert us tablespoons to sticks of butter

1 tbsp = 0.125 stick, so multiply by 0.125 to go from US tablespoons to sticks of butter of butter. Going the other way, 1 stick = 8 tbsp.

stick = tbsp × 0.125
tbsp = stick × 8

Cups and spoons convert to weight using the weight per cup for butter shown in the result; how the ingredient is measured (spooned, packed, sifted) changes it.

Worked example:

5 tbsp = 73.9338239062 mL
73.9338239062 mL ÷ 118.29411825 mL per stick = 0.625 stick

US Tablespoons to sticks of butter table

US TablespoonsSticks of Butter
1 tbsp0.125 stick
2 tbsp0.25 stick
3 tbsp0.375 stick
4 tbsp0.5 stick
5 tbsp0.625 stick
6 tbsp0.75 stick
7 tbsp0.875 stick
8 tbsp1 stick
9 tbsp1.125 stick
10 tbsp1.25 stick
15 tbsp1.875 stick
20 tbsp2.5 stick
25 tbsp3.125 stick
30 tbsp3.75 stick
40 tbsp5 stick
50 tbsp6.25 stick
75 tbsp9.375 stick
100 tbsp12.5 stick
250 tbsp31.25 stick
500 tbsp62.5 stick
1000 tbsp125 stick

About the units

US Tablespoons (tbsp)
US tablespoons, a US customary unit. Definition: NIST Handbook 44 Appendix C (US customary units; US gallon = 231 in³).
Sticks of Butter (stick)
Sticks of butter, a US customary unit. A US stick of butter: 1/2 cup (8 tablespoons), about 113 g. Definition: US butter stick: 1/2 cup = 8 tablespoons = 1/4 pound (USDA FoodData Central, butter, 'stick' measure).

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