How many tablespoons is 5 grams of water?

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How many tablespoons is 5 grams of water?

Answer

5 grams of water is
0.34 US tablespoons

One US tablespoon (14.8 ml) of water weighs 14.8 grams, from its volume: 1 ml of water weighs about 1 g.

5 grams of water equals 0.34 US tablespoons; the way back, from tablespoons to grams, is the Tablespoons to Grams converter.

1 ml of water weighs about 1 g, so 5 grams of water takes the same room as 5 ml, which is the question the milliliters to teaspoons converter answers by volume.

The same 5 grams of water is 0.0211 US cups or 1.01 US teaspoons.

This is the level US tablespoon of 14.8 ml. The metric tablespoon of 15 ml (UK, New Zealand, Canada) is 1.4 % larger and takes 0.33 tablespoons; the Australian tablespoon of 20 ml is 35.3 % larger, so the same weight fills only 0.25 tablespoons of those.

How 5 grams of water was converted to tablespoons

tablespoons = grams ÷ grams in one US tablespoon

A tablespoon is a volume, so its weight depends on the ingredient. One US tablespoon of water weighs 14.8 grams (fourteen point eight), so divide 5 by 14.78676478125.

5 g ÷ 14.78676478125 g

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0.34 tablespoons

(zero point three four tablespoons)

The weight of the tablespoon comes from its volume: 1 ml of water weighs about 1 g.

5 grams of other ingredients in tablespoons

The same weight fills a different number of tablespoons for every ingredient: light, airy ones take many, dense ones few. Your ingredient is highlighted.

5 grams of each ingredient in US tablespoons
Ingredient5 grams in tablespoonsOne US tablespoon weighs
All-purpose flour0.64 tablespoons7.81 grams
Granulated sugar0.4 tablespoons12.5 grams
Brown sugar, packed0.36 tablespoons13.8 grams
Brown sugar, unpacked0.55 tablespoons9.06 grams
Powdered sugar, unsifted0.67 tablespoons7.5 grams
Powdered sugar, sifted0.8 tablespoons6.25 grams
Butter0.35 tablespoons14.2 grams
Water0.34 tablespoons14.8 grams
Whole milk0.33 tablespoons15.3 grams
White rice, uncooked0.43 tablespoons11.6 grams
White rice, cooked0.51 tablespoons9.88 grams
Rolled oats0.99 tablespoons5.06 grams
Honey0.24 tablespoons21.2 grams
Table salt0.27 tablespoons18.3 grams
Cocoa powder0.93 tablespoons5.38 grams
Plain yogurt0.33 tablespoons15.3 grams
Olive oil0.37 tablespoons13.5 grams
Vegetable oil0.37 tablespoons13.6 grams
Heavy cream0.34 tablespoons14.9 grams
Sour cream0.35 tablespoons14.4 grams
Peanut butter0.31 tablespoons16.1 grams
Cornstarch0.63 tablespoons8 grams
Baking powder0.36 tablespoons13.8 grams
Baking soda0.36 tablespoons13.8 grams
Active dry yeast0.42 tablespoons12 grams
Ground cinnamon0.64 tablespoons7.8 grams

If the ingredient is not settled yet, start from how many tablespoons 5 grams is across every ingredient at once.

The other way round: how many grams in a tablespoon

This page starts from grams and answers in tablespoons. The opposite question — how many grams a recipe’s tablespoons weigh, fractions like 1/2 and 2 1/2 included — is what the tablespoons to grams converter is for. Both read the same USDA weights, so their numbers agree: one US tablespoon of water is 14.8 grams there and here.

See Also

  • Tablespoons to Grams - How many grams a US tablespoon of butter, sugar, flour, honey or another ingredient weighs — by USDA data
  • Cups to Tablespoons - Convert Cups to Tablespoons
  • Tablespoons to Cups - Convert Tablespoons to Cups
  • Grams to Teaspoons - How many US teaspoons a weight of sugar, salt, baking powder, yeast or another ingredient fills — by USDA weights
  • Grams to Cups - How many US cups a weight of flour, sugar, butter, rice or another ingredient fills — by USDA cup weights

About "Grams to Tablespoons" Calculator

This converter turns grams of an ingredient into US tablespoons (tbsp). A tablespoon is a volume and a gram is a weight, so the answer depends on what is in the spoon: 100 grams of butter fill 7.05 tablespoons, the same 100 grams of all-purpose flour 12.8 tablespoons. Pick the ingredient, or leave it on “any ingredient” to see all 23 side by side. For example, it can help you find out how many tablespoons is 5 grams of water? (The answer is: 0.34). Weights come from USDA FoodData Central, and the spoon is the level US tablespoon of 14.8 ml — 1/16 of a US cup.
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Grams of water to US tablespoons

GramsTablespoons
1 g0.0676 tablespoons
1.5 g0.1 tablespoons
2 g0.14 tablespoons
2.5 g0.17 tablespoons
3 g0.2 tablespoons
3.5 g0.24 tablespoons
4 g0.27 tablespoons
5 g0.34 tablespoons
6 g0.41 tablespoons
7 g0.47 tablespoons
7.5 g0.51 tablespoons
8 g0.54 tablespoons
8.5 g0.57 tablespoons
8.6 g0.58 tablespoons
8.7 g0.59 tablespoons

FAQ

How many tablespoons is 5 grams of water?

5 grams of water is 0.34 US tablespoons

How do you work out 5 grams of water in tablespoons?

Divide the grams by the weight of one US tablespoon of water: 5 ÷ 14.78676478125 ≈ 0.34. The weight of one US tablespoon comes from its volume: 1 ml of water weighs about 1 g.

How many grams does one US tablespoon of water weigh?

14.8 grams. One US tablespoon is 14.8 ml.

Is a gram of water the same as a milliliter?

Almost exactly: 1 ml of water weighs about 1 g, so 5 grams of water is the same volume as 5 ml. That is why this page counts a tablespoon of water as its volume, 14.8 grams, instead of taking a figure from a table.