Tablespoons, often abbreviated tbsp. in recipes, and pints, abbreviated pt., are commonly used measurements of volume, especially in cooking. Tablespoons are much smaller than pints. You may need to convert from tablespoons to pints if you have a recipe that calls for a specified number of tablespoons, but you have only a measuring device for pints. Converting correctly helps make sure you end up with an edible final product. You can either convert directly from tablespoons to pints or convert to cups first and then on to pints because a cup equals 16 tablespoons or 0.5 pints.
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Divide the number of tablespoons by 32 to convert to pints. For example, if you have 16 tablespoons, divide 16 by 32 to get 0.5 pint.
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Multiply the number of tablespoons by 0.03125 to convert to pints. In this example, multiply 16 tablespoons by 0.03125 to get 0.5 pint.
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Divide the number of tablespoons by 16 to convert to cups. For example, if you have 16 tablespoons, divide 16 by 16 to get 1 cup. You can then divide the number of cups by 2 to convert to pints. In this example, divide 1 cup by 2 to get 0.5 pints. This means that 16 tablespoons equals 0.5 pints.