How to Convert Tablespoons to Milliliters

The traditional tablespoon is a unit of measurement that has uses in many aspects of a person's daily life, including healthcare and cooking. If you take a prescription or over-the-counter liquid medication for an ailment, you might find that instructions on the bottle state dosage in tablespoons. Also, the tablespoon is commonly quoted next to liquid-based ingredients in a food recipe. However, the milliliter (mL) is another commonly used unit of volume measurement and you can easily convert from standard tablespoon measurements to metric milliliter measurements.

Things You'll Need

• Calculator (optional)
• Pen and paper (optional)

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Instructions

• 1

  Turn on your manual calculator or computer's calculator. If you have a Windows PC, click the "Start" button on the taskbar. Type "Calculator" in the search box at the bottom of the Start menu. Press "Enter" to open the Microsoft Calculator application.

• 2

  Type in the number of tablespoons that need converting to milliliters using the keypad.

• 3

  Press the multiplication key, usually indicated by the asterisk "*" or times "X" symbol.

• 4

  Type in the number "15."

• 5

  Press the equal "=" key to convert tablespoons to milliliters. For example, if you are converting 2 tablespoons to milliliters the complete problem is written as follows: "(2 tablespoons) X (15) = 30 milliliters."