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Krait Products manufactures and sells camping lanterns. The company\'s Standard

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Question

Krait Products manufactures and sells camping lanterns. The company's Standard Cost Card is indicated below: Krait Products Inc. Standard Cost Card Standard Standard Quantity Price Standard or Hours or Rate 1.25 kg $8.80 11.00 2.5 hours $14.00 $ 35.00 .5 hours 3.00$ 7.50 Equations SP (AQ-Sa) AH (AR - SR) AQ (AP - SP) SR (AH SH) Inputs Cost Direct Materials Direct Labour Variable OH Total Standard Cost per Unit $53.50 Required - Use the data from the table above to perform the following calculations. Enter your response in the cell provided and circle whether the variance is Favourable (F) or Unfavourable (U) 1) During the month of November, Krait recorded that they used 3000 kg of materials which they bought for $25,500 What is Krait's Direct Material Price Variance for the month? Response 1: 2) If Krait produced 2000 lanterns during the month, what is their Direct Material Quantity Variance? Response 2: 3) Krait incurred Direct Labour costs of $74,250 and a total of 5400 hours. What would their Labour Rate Variance for the month be? Response 3:

Explanation / Answer

1)

Standard Rate

21120

(3000 / 1.25 * 8.80 )

Actual Rate

25500

Direct Material Price Variance

4380

Unfavourable

(21120-25500)

2)

Standard Quantity

2500

(2000 * 1.25)

Actual Quantity

3000

Direct Material Quantity Variance

3520

Unfavourable

8.80/1.25(2500 - 3000 )

3)

Standard Labour Cost

30240

(5400 / 2.5 * 14.00)

Actual Rate

74250

Labour Rate Variance

44010

Unfavourable

(30240-74250)

4)

Standard Labour Hours

(2000 * 2.5)

5000

Actual Hours

5400

Labour Efficiency Variance

2240

Unfavourable

14/2.5 (5000 - 5400)

1)

Standard Rate

21120

(3000 / 1.25 * 8.80 )

Actual Rate

25500

Direct Material Price Variance

4380

Unfavourable

(21120-25500)

2)

Standard Quantity

2500

(2000 * 1.25)

Actual Quantity

3000

Direct Material Quantity Variance

3520

Unfavourable

8.80/1.25(2500 - 3000 )

3)

Standard Labour Cost

30240

(5400 / 2.5 * 14.00)

Actual Rate

74250

Labour Rate Variance

44010

Unfavourable

(30240-74250)

4)

Standard Labour Hours

(2000 * 2.5)

5000

Actual Hours

5400

Labour Efficiency Variance

2240

Unfavourable

14/2.5 (5000 - 5400)