1 metric teaspoon in UK tablespoons

Conversion

1 metric teaspoon is equivalent to 0.333333333333333 UK tablespoons.^[1]

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 UK tablespoon is equal to 3 times 1 metric teaspoon.

It can also be expressed as: 1 metric teaspoon is equal to $\frac{1}{3}$ UK tablespoons.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: one metric teaspoon is about zero point three three UK tablespoons, or alternatively, a UK tablespoon is about zero times one metric teaspoon.

Units involved

This is how the units in this conversion are defined:

Metric Teaspoons

"A teaspoon is an item of cutlery, a measuring instrument, of approximately 5ml, or a unit of measurement of volume (usually abbreviated tsp.). The metric teaspoon as a unit of culinary measure is 5 mL,[12] equivalent to 5 cm3; that is, 1⁄3 UK/Canadian metric tablespoon, or 1⁄4 Australian metric tablespoon."

Wikipedia page of metric teaspoons

Uk Tablespoons

"A tablespoon is a large spoon used for serving or eating. In many English-speaking regions, the term now refers to a large spoon used for serving, however, in some regions, including parts of Canada, it is the largest type of spoon used for eating. By extension, the term is used as a measure of volume in cooking. The unit of measurement varies by region: a United Kingdom tablespoon is exactly 15 ml (0.51 US fl oz)."

Wikipedia page of UK tablespoons

Footnotes

[1] The precision is 15 significant digits (fourteen digits to the right of the decimal point).

Results may contain small errors due to the use of floating point arithmetic.