5 metric teaspoons in UK tablespoons

Conversion

5 metric teaspoons is equivalent to 1.66666666666667 UK tablespoons.^[1]

Conversion formula
How to convert 5 metric teaspoons to UK tablespoons?

We know (by definition) that: $1 brteaspoon \approx 0.333333333333333 brtablespoon$

We can set up a proportion to solve for the number of UK tablespoons.

\frac{1 brteaspoon}{5 brteaspoon} \approx \frac{0.333333333333333 brtablespoon}{x brtablespoon}

Now, we cross multiply to solve for our unknown $x$ :

x brtablespoon \approx \frac{5 brteaspoon}{1 brteaspoon} * 0.333333333333333 brtablespoon \to x brtablespoon \approx 1.666666666666665 brtablespoon

Conclusion: $5 brteaspoon \approx 1.666666666666665 brtablespoon$

5 metric teaspoons is equivalent to 1.66666666666667 UK tablespoons

Conversion in the opposite direction

The inverse of the conversion factor is that 1 UK tablespoon is equal to 0.6 times 5 metric teaspoons.

It can also be expressed as: 5 metric teaspoons is equal to $\frac{1}{0.6}$ UK tablespoons.

Approximation

An approximate numerical result would be: five metric teaspoons is about one point six seven UK tablespoons, or alternatively, a UK tablespoon is about zero times five metric teaspoons.

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.

Conversion

Conversion formula How to convert 5 metric teaspoons to UK tablespoons?

Conversion in the opposite direction

Approximation

Conversion formula
How to convert 5 metric teaspoons to UK tablespoons?