Canning Quantity Conversion Chart
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Use this simple measurement chart for any cooking measuring devices; teaspoons, tablespoons, cups,
pints or quarts. Select the measurement called for to can one jar and simple find the corresponding
quantity for the number of jars you wish to can. If you wanted to can 8 jars with a recipe that called
for 3/4 cups of sugar for 1 jar, the batch would require a total quantity of 6 cups.
1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
 10
 11
 12
1/8
 1/4
 3/8
 1/2
 5/8
 3/4
 7/8
 1
 1-1/8
 1-1/4
 1-3/8
 1-1/2
*3/16
 3/8
 7/16
 3/4
 1
 1-1/8
 1-1/3
 1-1/2
 1-2/3
 1-7/8
 2
 2-1/4
1/4
 1/2
 3/4
 1
 1-1/4
 1-1/2
 1-3/4
 2
 2-1/4
 2-1/2
 2-3/4
 3
*5/16
 5/8
 1
 1-1/4
 1-1/2
 1-7/8
 2-1/4
 2-1/2
 3
 3-1/8
 3-1/2
 3-3/4
3/8
 3/4
 1-1/8
 1-1/2
 1-7/8
 2-1/4
 2-5/8
 3
 3-3/8
 3-3/4
 4-1/8
 4-1/2
1/2
 1
 1-1/2
 2
 2-1/2
 3
 3-1/2
 4
 4-1/2
 5
 5-1/2
 6
5/8
 1-1/4
 1-7/8
 2-1/2
 3-1/8
 3-3/4
 4-3/8
 5
 5-5/8
 6-1/4
 6-7/8
 7-1/2
3/4
 1-1/2
 2-1/4
 3
 3-1/4
 4-1/2
 5-1/4
 6
 6-3/4
 7-1/2
 8-1/4
 9
7/8
 1-3/4
 2-5/8
 3-1/2
 4-3/8
 5-1/4
 6-1/8
 7
 7-7/8
 8-3/4
 9-5/8
 10-1/2
1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
 10
 11
 12
1-1/8
 2-1/4
 3-3/8
 4-1/2
 5-5/8
 6-3/4
 7-7/8
 9
 10-1/8
 11-1/4
 12-3/8
 13-1/2
1-1/4
 2-1/2
 3-3/4
 5
 6-1/4
 7-1/2
 8-3/4
 10
 11-1/4
 12-1/2
 13-3/4
 15
1-3/8
 2-3/4
 4-1/8
 5-1/2
 6-7/8
 8-1/4
 9-5/8
 11
 12-3/8
 13-3/4
 15-1/8
 16-1/2
1-1/2
 3
 4-1/2
 6
 7-1/2
 9
 10-1/2
 12
 13-1/2
 15
 16-1/2
 18
1-5/8
 3-1/4
 4-7/8
 6-1/2
 8-1/8
 9-3/4
 11-3/8
 13
 14-5/8
 16-1/4
 17-7/8
 19-1/2
1-3/4
 3-1/2
 5-1/4
 7
 8-3/4
 10-1/2
 12-1/4
 14
 15-3/4
 17-1/2
 19-1/4
 21
1-7/8
 3-3/4
 5-5/8
 7-1/2
 9-3/8
 11-1/4
 13-1/8
 15
 16-7/8
 18-3/4
 20-5/8
 22-1/2
2
 4
 6
 8
 10
 12
 14
 16
 18
 20
 22
 24
2-1/4
 4-1/2
 6-3/4
 9
 11-1/4
 13-1/2
 15-3/4
 18
 20-1/4
 22-1/2
 24-3/4
 27
2-1/2
 5
 7-1/2
 10
 12-1/2
 15
 17-1/2
 20
 22-1/2
 25
 27-1/2
 30
2-3/4
 5-1/2
 8-1/4
 11
 13-3/4
 16-1/2
 19-1/4
 22
 24-3/4
 27-1/2
 30-1/4
 33
3
 6
 9
 12
 15
 18
 21
 24
 27
 30
 33
 36
4
 8
 12
 16
 20
 24
 28
 32
 36
 40
 44
 48
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updates on a regular
basis.
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*Note that 1/16 fractions are rounded to the nearest 1/8
This chart is handy for converting units of measure
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  Teaspoon
 Tablespoon
 1/4 Cup
 Cup
 Pint (fluid)
 Quart (fluid)
Teaspoon
 1
 3
 12
 48
 96
 192
Tablespoon
   1
 4
 16
 32
 64
1/4 Cup
     1
 4
 8
 16
Cup
       1
 2
 4
Pint (fluid)
         1
 2
Quart (fluid)
           1
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