Volume Reference Sheet

Conversions

Metric (SI)

1 milliliter (mL) = 1 cubic centimeter (cm³)

1 liter (L) = 1,000 milliliters (mL)

1 cubic meter (m³) = 1,000 liters (L)

1 milliliter (mL) = 0.001 liters (L)

1 cubic meter (m³) = 1,000,000 milliliters (mL)

U.S. Customary

1 teaspoon (tsp) = 1/3 tablespoon (tbsp)

1 tablespoon (tbsp) = 3 teaspoons (tsp)

1 fluid ounce (fl oz, US) = 2 tablespoons (tbsp)

1 cup (c) = 8 fluid ounces (fl oz, US)

1 pint (pt) = 2 cups (c)

1 quart (qt) = 2 pints (pt)

1 gallon (gal, US) = 4 quarts (qt)

Imperial (UK)

1 fluid ounce (fl oz, UK) = 1/20 pint (pt, UK)

1 pint (pt, UK) = 20 fluid ounces (fl oz, UK)

1 quart (qt, UK) = 2 pints (pt, UK)

1 gallon (gal, UK) = 4 quarts (qt, UK)

U.S. to Metric

1 teaspoon (tsp) ≈ 4.9289 milliliters (mL)

1 tablespoon (tbsp) ≈ 14.7868 milliliters (mL)

1 fluid ounce (fl oz, US) ≈ 29.5735 milliliters (mL)

1 cup (c) ≈ 236.588 milliliters (mL)

1 pint (pt) ≈ 473.176 milliliters (mL)

1 quart (qt) ≈ 946.353 milliliters (mL)

1 gallon (gal, US) ≈ 3.78541 liters (L)

Metric to U.S.

1 liter (L) ≈ 33.814 fluid ounces (fl oz, US)

1 liter (L) ≈ 4.227 cups (c)

1 liter (L) ≈ 2.113 pints (pt)

1 liter (L) ≈ 1.057 quarts (qt)

1 liter (L) ≈ 0.2642 gallons (gal, US)

Cubic volumes

1 cubic inch (in³) ≈ 16.387 milliliters (mL)

1 cubic foot (ft³) ≈ 28.3168 liters (L)

1 cubic yard (yd³) ≈ 764.555 liters (L)

Quick benchmarks

1 cup (c) ≈ 240 mL (classroom rounding)

1 liter (L) = 1,000 mL

1 U.S. gallon (gal) ≈ 3.785 L