How many grams is 4 1/2 tablespoons of all-purpose flour?

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How many grams is 4 1/2 tablespoons of all-purpose flour?

Answer

4 1/2 US tablespoons of all-purpose flour weighs
35.2 grams

One US tablespoon (14.8 ml) of all-purpose flour weighs 7.81 grams, from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 168894 “Wheat flour, white, all-purpose, enriched, bleached”, portion “1 cup” = 125 grams, and 1 US cup = 16 US tablespoons.

4 1/2 tablespoons of all-purpose flour equals 35.2 grams; the way back, from grams to tablespoons, is the Grams to Tablespoons converter.

4 1/2 US tablespoons of all-purpose flour is also 13 1/2 US teaspoons — the same 35.2 grams.

This is the level US tablespoon of 14.8 ml. A recipe from Australia means the tablespoon of 20 ml, 35.3 % more: 47.6 grams; the metric tablespoon of 15 ml (UK, New Zealand, Canada) gives 35.7 grams.

How 4 1/2 tablespoons of all-purpose flour was converted to grams

grams = tablespoons × grams in one US tablespoon

One US tablespoon of all-purpose flour weighs 7.81 grams (seven point eight one), so multiply 4 1/2 by 7.8125.

4 1/2 × 7.8125 g

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35.2 grams

(thirty-five point two grams)

The weight of the tablespoon comes from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 168894 “Wheat flour, white, all-purpose, enriched, bleached”, portion “1 cup” = 125 grams, and 1 US cup = 16 US tablespoons. Scooped ingredients vary with how they are filled — spooned in lightly, a tablespoon weighs less; packed down, more — so for baking a kitchen scale is the exact tool and this figure the standard reference.

4 1/2 tablespoons of other ingredients in grams

The same tablespoon weighs differently for every ingredient: airy ones such as oats and cocoa are light, dense ones such as honey and salt heavy. Your ingredient is highlighted.

If the ingredient is not settled yet, start from how many grams 4 1/2 tablespoons is across every ingredient at once.

The other way round: how many tablespoons a weight fills

This page starts from tablespoons and answers in grams. The opposite question — how many tablespoons a weight from a recipe fills — is what the grams to tablespoons converter is for. Both read the same USDA weights, so their numbers agree: 100 grams of all-purpose flour is 12.8 tablespoons there.

See Also

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About "Tablespoons to Grams" Calculator

This converter turns US tablespoons (tbsp) of an ingredient into grams. The weight of a tablespoon depends on what fills it: a tablespoon of butter weighs 14.2 grams, of granulated sugar 12.5 grams and of honey 21.2 grams. Type the spoons the way a recipe writes them — 1/2, 1 1/2 or 0.75 — and pick the ingredient, or leave it on “any ingredient” to see all 23 at once. For example, it can help you find out how many grams is 4 1/2 tablespoons of all-purpose flour? (The answer is: 35.2). 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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US tablespoons of all-purpose flour to grams

TablespoonsGrams
1 tablespoon7.81 grams
1 1/2 tablespoons11.7 grams
2 tablespoons15.6 grams
2 1/2 tablespoons19.5 grams
3 tablespoons23.4 grams
3 1/2 tablespoons27.3 grams
4 tablespoons31.3 grams
4 1/2 tablespoons35.2 grams
5 tablespoons39.1 grams
6 tablespoons46.9 grams
7 tablespoons54.7 grams
8 tablespoons62.5 grams
9 tablespoons70.3 grams
10 tablespoons78.1 grams
11 tablespoons85.9 grams

FAQ

How many grams is 4 1/2 tablespoons of all-purpose flour?

4 1/2 US tablespoons of all-purpose flour weighs 35.2 grams

How do you work out 4 1/2 tablespoons of all-purpose flour in grams?

Multiply the tablespoons by the weight of one US tablespoon of all-purpose flour: 4 1/2 × 7.8125 ≈ 35.2. The weight of one US tablespoon comes from USDA FoodData Central, SR Legacy entry 168894 “Wheat flour, white, all-purpose, enriched, bleached”, portion “1 cup” = 125 grams, and 1 US cup = 16 US tablespoons.

How many tablespoons is 100 grams of all-purpose flour?

12.8 US tablespoons — 100 g divided by the 7.81 grams (exactly 7.8125) that one US tablespoon of it weighs.