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Exercise 10-7 Direct Materials Variances [L010-1] Huron Company produces a comme

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Question

Exercise 10-7 Direct Materials Variances [L010-1] Huron Company produces a commercial cleaning compound known as Zoom. The direct materials and unit of Zoom are given below: direct labor standards for one Standard Cost 5.40 pounds $3.00 per pound $16.20 2.40 0.40 hours $6.00 per hour During the most recent month, the following activity was recorded: a. Ten thousand four hundred pounds of material were purchased at a cost of $2.90 per pound. b. The company produced only 1,040 units, using 9,360 pounds of material. (The rest of the material purchased remained in raw materials inventory.) c. 516 hours of direct labor time were recorded at a total labor cost of $6,192. Required: Compute the materials price and quantity variances for the month. (Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values. Do not round intermediate calculations.) Materials price variance S 11,232

Explanation / Answer

Direct Material

Standard Price (SP)

$3.00

Standard Quantity (SQ)

            5,616

Actual Quantity (AQ)

            9,360

Actual price (AP)

$2.90

Material purchased (MP)

         10,000

Material Price Variance:

AQ

X

SP

Minus

AQ

X

AP

         9,360

X

$3.00

Minus

      9,360

X

$2.90

      28,080

Minus

    27,144

             936

Favourable

Material Quantity Variance:

SQ

X

SP

Minus

AQ

X

SP

         5,616

X

$3.00

Minus

      9,360

X

$3.00

      16,848

Minus

    28,080

     (11,232)

Unfavourable

Direct Material

Standard Price (SP)

$3.00

Standard Quantity (SQ)

            5,616

Actual Quantity (AQ)

            9,360

Actual price (AP)

$2.90

Material purchased (MP)

         10,000

Material Price Variance:

AQ

X

SP

Minus

AQ

X

AP

         9,360

X

$3.00

Minus

      9,360

X

$2.90

      28,080

Minus

    27,144

             936

Favourable

Material Quantity Variance:

SQ

X

SP

Minus

AQ

X

SP

         5,616

X

$3.00

Minus

      9,360

X

$3.00

      16,848

Minus

    28,080

     (11,232)

Unfavourable