What Is Half of 1¼ Cups?

Half of 1¼ cups is ½ cup + 2 tbsp, about 148 ml. A third of it is ⅓ cup + 1 tbsp + 1 tsp, and double is 2½ cups.

To measure half of 1¼ cups

½ cup+2 tbsp

10 tbsp · about 148 ml

Half, a third and double 1¼ cups

Half, a third and double 1¼ cups, in cups and spoons and in millilitres
Of 1¼ cups	Cups and spoons	ml
Half	½ cup + 2 tbsp	148
A third	⅓ cup + 1 tbsp + 1 tsp	99
Double	2½ cups	591

US cups (236.588 ml) and US spoons, levelled. Spoons alone: half is 10 tbsp, a third 6 tbsp + 2 tsp.

What half of 1¼ cups weighs

Half of 1¼ cups and 1¼ cups in grams, for flour, sugar and butter
Ingredient	Half of 1¼ cups	1¼ Cups
All-Purpose Flour	78 g	156 g
Granulated Sugar	125 g	250 g
Butter	142 g	284 g

Spooned and levelled; reviewed August 15, 2026. How we calculate

How to measure half of 1¼ cups

1¼ cups is 20 tbsp, so half of it is 10 tbsp, or ½ cup + 2 tbsp with cup measures. Level every scoop with the back of a knife: a heaped tablespoon holds nearly twice as much.

Measuring with metric cups (250 ml)? Half of a metric 1¼ cups is about 156 ml: ½ cup + 2 tbsp + ¼ tsp.

For baking, weighing is simpler still: grams halve without any fractions. Halving a whole recipe? The recipe scaler does every line at once.

Half of other measures

Half of ¼ cup Half of ⅓ cup Half of ½ cup Half of ⅔ cup Half of ¾ cupHalf of 1¼ cupsHalf of 1½ cups Half of 1¾ cups Half of 2¼ cups

Any other cup or spoon measure, halved, thirded or doubled: the halving calculator and chart.

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