Joaquin is writing a recipe for cake frosting. His recipe makes 3 cups of white frosting. He'd like to add an optional step to add color to the frosting. Which is the best estimate for how much food coloring should be added in this step, 3 pints or 3 milliliters?

Question

Joaquin is writing a recipe for cake frosting. His recipe makes 3 cups of white frosting. He'd like to add an optional step to add color to the frosting. Which is the best estimate for how much food coloring should be added in this step, 3 pints or 3 milliliters?

Option #1: 3 pints

Option #2: 3 milliliters

(1 point)

Answer 1

Option #2: 3 milliliters

Pints are a larger unit of measurement for liquids compared to milliliters. 3 pints would be too much food coloring for 3 cups of frosting, which is equivalent to about 710 milliliters. Adding 3 milliliters of food coloring would be a more appropriate and realistic amount for coloring the frosting.