Cups to grams: dry pasta

A US cup of dry pasta weighs roughly 105 grams, or 3.70 ounces. Small shapes such as macaroni. Long pasta is weighed, not scooped.

Amount in US cups

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Weight

105.0g

= Exact dry pasta cups to grams Show in

Weight in ounces: 3.704
Cups in the weight you entered: 0.952
Tablespoons in that weight: 15.24
Tablespoons: 16.00
Teaspoons: 48.0
Volume: 236.6
Grams per cup used: 105.0
Implied bulk density: 0.4438 g/mL

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Amount in US cups = 1
Or a weight to convert back = 100
Grams per cup used = 105 = 105
Weight = 1 * 105 = 105
Weight in ounces = 105 / 28.349523125 = 3.703 77
Tablespoons = 1 * 16 = 16
Teaspoons = 1 * 48 = 48
Volume = 1 * 236.5882365 = 236.588
Cups in the weight you entered = 105 > 0 ? 100 / 105 : 0 = 0.952 381
Tablespoons in that weight = 0.952 381 * 16 = 15.2381
Implied bulk density = 105 / 236.5882365 = 0.443 809

Values are shown to six significant figures here; the arithmetic itself runs on exact fractions and is only rounded where a number is printed.

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The formula

grams = cups x grams per cup
1 US cup = 16 tablespoons = 48 teaspoons = 236.588 236 5 mL exactly
1 ounce = 28.349 523 125 g exactly

Cup figures assume the spoon-and-level convention: fluff the ingredient, spoon it into the cup and sweep the top flat. Dipping the cup straight into the bag packs in up to 20% more.

The volume conversions on this page are exact by definition. Only the grams-per-cup figure is a measured convention, and it is stated above so you can substitute your own.

Small shapes such as macaroni. Long pasta is weighed, not scooped.

Common measures of dry pasta

Measure	Grams	Ounces
1 teaspoon	2.19	0.077
1 tablespoon	6.56	0.231
1/4 cup	26.3	0.93
1/3 cup	35.0	1.23
1/2 cup	52.5	1.85
1 cup	105.0	3.70
2 cups	210.0	7.41

Rounded for the kitchen. The calculator above keeps full precision.

Frequently asked

How many grams are in a cup of dry pasta?

About 105 g, using the spoon-and-level convention for a US cup.

How many grams are in a tablespoon of dry pasta?

About 6.56 g, since a tablespoon is exactly one sixteenth of a US cup.

Is a US cup the same as a metric cup?

No. A US cup is 236.588 mL, a metric cup is 250 mL and an imperial cup is 284.13 mL. A recipe that says "cup" without qualification almost always means the US one.

Where the numbers come from

Volume relationships follow the US customary definitions; the grams-per-cup figure is the widely published spoon-and-level convention for this ingredient.