While most of the world uses the metric system, the United States is still using what is referred to as the 'U.S. Standard' system for measurement. This causes a lot of frustration when recipes are shared between people from different countries.

Be confused and frustrated no more! The SCD measurement conversion table is here!

Metric defined

According to Epicurous.com, Metric is "A system of weights and measures that's used throughout much of the world. The basic units are the gram for weight and the meter for length. When calculating conversions, the same figure (0.236) is used whether converting to or from metric. The only difference is that, when converting to metric (as from cups to liters), you multiply the number of cups by 0.236 to get the equivalent in liters. When converting from metric (as from liters to cups), you divide the liters by 0.236 to get the cup equivalency.

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Typical abbreviations

Typical single-character abbreviations of the U.S. measurements:

C = cup
T = tablespoon
t = teaspoon

Cups, Tablespoons and Teaspoons to metric

1 cup ...... 200 ml and 2-15 ml spoons
3/4 cup ...... 175 ml
2/3 cup ...... 150 ml
1/2 cup ...... 100 ml plus 1-15 ml spoon
1/3 cup ...... 75 ml
1/4 cup ...... 60 ml
1 tbsp ...... 15 ml spoon
1 tsp ...... 5 ml spoon
3/4 tsp ...... 3.75 ml spoon
1/2 tsp ...... 2.5 ml spoon
1/4 tsp ...... 1.25 ml spoon

Butter conversion

1/8 cup ...... 30 grams
1/4 cup ...... 55 grams
1/3 cup ...... 75 grams
3/8 cup ...... 85 grams
1/2 cup ...... 115 grams
5/8 cup ...... 140 grams
2/3 cup ...... 150 grams
3/4 cup ...... 170 grams
7/8 cup ...... 200 grams
1 cup ...... 225 grams

(nut flours and other dry goods will differ somewhat from this conversion)

Fahrenheit to Celsius

32 F ...... 0 C
100 F ...... 40 C
125 F ...... 50 C
140 F ...... 60 C
150 F ...... 65 C
160 F ...... 70 C
175 F ...... 80 C
180 F ...... 82 C
200 F ...... 95 C
212 F ...... 100 C
225 F ...... 110 C
240 F ...... 115 C
250 F ...... 120 C
275 F ...... 135 C
300 F ...... 150 C
320 F ...... 160 C
325 F ...... 165 C
350 F ...... 175 C
375 F ...... 190 C
400 F ...... 205 C
425 F ...... 220 C
450 F ...... 230 C
475 F ...... 245 C
500 F ...... 260 C

 Source: allrecipes.com (definitely not the place for SCD-legal recipes)