1/4 cup = 4 tablespoons. 1/2 cup = 8 tablespoons. 3/4 cup = 12 tablespoons. 1 cup = 16 tablespoons. How many ounces in a cup? There are eight fluid ounces in one cup.

One such measurement, for instance, was a wine glass; a recipe may call, for example, for a wine glass of water. Today, wine glasses come in a huge array of sizes, making this a useless metric.

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A basic dry measuring set should include ¼, ⅓, ½, and 1 cup sizes. Liquid cups often come in 1-cup, 2-cup, and 4-cup options.