1 US cup = 16 tablespoons = 48 teaspoons. So ½ cup is 8 tbsp, ¼ cup is 4 tbsp and ⅓ cup is 5 tbsp + 1 tsp.
Cups
Tablespoons
Teaspoons
Milliliters
1/8
2
6
3
1/4
4
12
59
1/3
5.33
16
79
1/2
8
24
118
2/3
10.67
32
158
3/4
12
36
177
1
16
48
237
1 1/2
24
72
355
2
32
96
473
3
48
144
71
4
64
192
946
A metric cup (Australia, Canada, NZ) is 250 ml ≈ 16.9 US tablespoons; Australian tablespoons are 20 ml rather than ~15 ml. For dry ingredients, weigh instead — a tablespoon of flour is about 7.5 g while a tablespoon of honey is about 21 g. See the cups to grams converter.