1 Gram to Teaspoon

For the same quantity there can be different units. That’s not a case that happens once in 10 times or similar, it happens almost with every quantity that exists. It’s normal that it happens, because of a lot of reasons:

• There were historical changes, the units that were the first one established are replaced with the ones that are invented later and maybe were more eligible for some use
• There are different uses of units for one same quantity, so there are different numbers that are good as starting points or that express the differences or properties better in each case of use
• In different countries, people use different units as it is part of their normal life and is normal sequence of events according to their past

In particular, for measuring mass there are different units, that are based on the second mentioned criteria. Their use is mostly divided regarding to the situation we have. There are Gram, Teaspoon, Tablespoon etc., but now we want to check closer the connection between Gram (g) and Tablespoon (tbsp).

Let’s see how we can covert Gram to Tablespoon. Here is the formula:

This basically means that when we have the mass given in Gram, we should divide it with 14.79 to get the exact mass in Tablespoon.

Let’s see it on an example:

How many Tablespoon is 1 Gram?

1g = 1/14.79 tbsp = 0.0675tbsp

• How to convert Gram to Tablespoon when we are in kitchen and don’t want to use calculator every minute?

We must admit that the number we got in our example isn’t the nicest number for practical measure, it is fine in some assignment in school or similar, but in the kitchen we can’t even measure 1.35 tbsp. Also, how can we divide with 14.79 to get the number of Tablespoon? It can easily be done on calculator, but do we really want to do it in the kitchen?

We can see that this can be easily approximated by using dividing with 15 instead of dividing with 14.79. These numbers are very close and it will not make huge difference if it is not some dangerous substance or a medicine. For example, if we are working with sugar and flour it is okay to use approximation like this, but we shouldn’t do it when we have an instruction on how to take a medicine or put some ingredient that has wrong effect when there is too much of it taken at once.

• What should we do if we don’t have a tablespoon in the kitchen and the measures in recipe are given in Tablespoon?

First thing that we could do is that if we have a scale, we could convert Tablespoon to Gram and then measure the exact amount of the ingredient that we need to use. But if we don’t have a tablespoon there is a big possibility that we don’t have a scale either, so we can use some other method.

If we have a teaspoon, that would be very useful and an easy process. One tablespoon is approximately equal to 3 teaspoons. That means that if we have to add 2 Tablespoon of some ingredient and we have a teaspoon, we should add 2*3=6 Teaspoon of that ingredient.

• What are some examples of use of the measuring unit Tablespoon?

As we mentioned in examples before, it is mostly used in recipes. The one more common use of it is when we are talking about some medicine or something that should be dosed. For example, if you should drink some syrup for the cough, you may read in an instruction or the doctor may tell you to take a Tablespoon of it. Or for example, some people take fish oil or olive oil to help them with some health problems. It’s not an usual medicine, it is something you can find at home or in store, so when the doctor suggests them to take it, the measure for it is also something that you can find at home, like a Tablespoon is.

There are some cases where this unit can’t be used. For example, when we are talking about some mass in scientific manner or when we are talking about some not so small and precise measures, but for example like a bag of potatoes. We will most definitely not say that a bag of potatoes weighs 50 Tablespoon, but we will rather say that it weighs 750 Gram.

We can always convert one unit to another if there is a need, but there are clear distinctions of when and where we use each of them.