The length of each side of a sugar cube is measured as 10 mm with an uncertainty of \( \pm 2{\text{ mm}}\). Which of the following is the absolute uncertainty in the volume of the sugar cube?

A.     \( \pm 6{\text{ m}}{{\text{m}}^{\text{3}}}\)

B.     \( \pm 8{\text{ m}}{{\text{m}}^{\text{3}}}\)

C.     \( \pm 400{\text{ m}}{{\text{m}}^{\text{3}}}\)

D.     \( \pm 600{\text{ m}}{{\text{m}}^{\text{3}}}\)

D

A majority of candidates clearly had not translated the absolute uncertainties into percentages.