In: Accounting
Exercise 5-10 Lower of cost or market LO P2
Martinez Company's ending inventory includes the following
items.
| Product | Units | Cost per Unit | Market per Unit | ||||||
| Helmets | 37 | $ | 59 | $ | 55 | ||||
| Bats | 30 | 77 | 83 | ||||||
| Shoes | 51 | 96 | 100 | ||||||
| Uniforms | 55 | 41 | 41 | ||||||
  
Compute the lower of cost or market for ending inventory applied
separately to each product.
  
Answer------------$11,496
Working
| Inventory value | |||||
| Items | Cost per unit | Market value per unit | 
 Per Unit value as per Lower of cost or market value  | 
Number of units | Total Value | 
| Helmets | $ 59.00 | $ 55.00 | $ 55.00 | 37 | $ 2,035.00 | 
| Bats | $ 77.00 | $ 83.00 | $ 77.00 | 30 | $ 2,310.00 | 
| Shoes | $ 96.00 | $ 100.00 | $ 96.00 | 51 | $ 4,896.00 | 
| Uniforms | $ 41.00 | $ 41.00 | $ 41.00 | 55 | $ 2,255.00 | 
| $ - | |||||
| Total ending inventory | $ 11,496.00 | ||||