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Temperatures, Weights and Measures

Use these easy conversion tables to get it right in your kitchen wherever you may be.
Or you can enter the the temperature you want to convert in the calculator below.

Enter the numbers in the top left hand box and choose your scale i.e. ºF or ºC. Easy and fairly accurate, although not exact.

Pam is grateful to Wikipedia for the charts below.

Temperature Converter supplied by Unitconversion.org

The values in these conversion tables are only approximate and have been rounded up or down for clarity. Always stick to either metric or imperial measurements in the same recipe.

Oven Temperatures Conversion Tables

Oven temperatures can be in degrees Celsius (International) -- previously Centigrade, degrees Fahrenheit (in the USA) or by gas mark (UK). This table provides a rough guide to conversion between the ranges.

For fan assisted ovens use a setting of 25° Celsius (77° Fahrenheit) less than the recipe calls for. Cooking times can probably be reduced by 10 minutes for every hour of cooking time.

Centigrade	Farenheit	Gas Mark	Verbal
100° (107°)	225°	¼	Very slow/Very low
120° (121°)	250°	½	Very slow/Very low
140° (135°)	275°	1	Slow/Low
150° (149°)	300°	2	Slow/Low
160° (163°)	325°	3	Moderately slow/Warm
180° (177°)	350°	4	Moderate/Medium
190° (191°)	375°	5	Moderate/Moderately hot
200° (204°)	400°	6	Moderately hot
220° (218°)	425°	7	Hot
230° (232°)	450°	8	Hot/Very hot
250° (246°)	475°	9	Very hot
260°	500°	10	Extremely hot

Weights

Imperial	Metric	Imperial	Metric
¼ oz	5 g	7½	210 g
½ oz	10 g	8 oz	225 g
¾ oz	20 g	8½ oz	235 g
1 oz	25 g	9 oz	250 g
1 ½ oz	40 g	9½ oz	260 g
2 oz	50 g	10 oz	275 g
2½	60 g	10½ oz	285 g
3 oz	75g	11 oz	310 g
3½ oz	85 g	12 oz	350 g
4 oz	110 g	1 lb	450 g
4½ oz	125 g	1 lb 2 oz	500 g
5 oz	150 g	2 lb	900 g
5½ oz	160 g	2½ lb	1.1 kg
6 oz	175 g	3 lb	1.3 kg
6½ oz	185 g	3½ lb	1.6 kg
7 oz	200 g	4 lb	2 kg

Volume Conversion Tables

Cups	Imperial • fl oz	Imperial • pint	Metric
	1 fl oz		28 ml
	4 fl oz		112 ml
½ cup	5 fl oz	¼ pint	142 ml
1 cup	8.45 fl oz	0.43 pint	250 ml
	10 fl oz	½ pint	284 ml
	10.10 fl oz	0.52 pint	300 ml
	15 fl oz	¾ pint	426 ml
2 cups	16 fl oz	0.83 pint	473 ml
	20 fl oz	1 pint	568 ml
	35 fl oz		1 litre
4 cups	32 fl oz	1.7 pints	946 ml
	40 fl oz	2 pints	1.13 litres
	70 fl oz	3.5 pints	2 litres

Note on cup measurements.

In 'modern' recipes, use of the cup measure appears mainly in American recipes. Even here there are 2 standards. The Commonwealth or Imperial cup measurement is 1/2 pint though in practice, only commonly used in historic recipes. If your recipe uses cups as the 'base' measurement for all ingredients, then you should be ok. If you are uncertain, err on the side of caution. In general, it is easy to add a little more of an ingredient, it is much harder to take it away again, after the event.

Lengths

Imperial	Metric
1/8”	2.5 mm
¼”	5 mm
½”	1 cm
¾”	2 cm
1”	2.5cm
1¼”	3 cm
1½”	4 cm
1¾”	4.5 cm
2”	5cm
2½”	6 cm
3”	7.5 cm
3½”	9 cm
4½”	10 cm
5”	13 cm
6”	15 cm
7”	18 cm
8”	20 cm
9”	23 cm
10”	25 cm
11”	28 cm
12”	30 cm

Spoon measures

Single	Multiple
1 level teaspoon	5 ml
1 level dessert spoon	10 ml
1 level tablespoon	15 ml
1 dessert spoon	2 teaspoons
1 tablespoon	3 teaspoons

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