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Bowie Sporting Goods manufactures sleeping bags. The manufacturing standards per sleeping bag, based on 5,000 sleeping bags per month, are as follows:
Direct material of 6.00 yards at $5.75 per yard
Direct labor of 3.00 hours at $17.00 per hour
Overhead applied per sleeping bag at $15.00
In the month of April, the company actually produced 5,200 sleeping bags using 27,300 yards of material at a cost of $5.10 per yard. The labor used was 11,700 hours at an average rate of $18.50 per hour. The actual overhead spending was $96,200.
Determine the total materials variance and round to the nearest whole dollar. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number. Enter an unfavorable variance as a positive number.
Total material variance = $40,170 Favorable
Standard DATA for | 5200 | Meals | |
Quantity (SQ) | Rate (SR) | Standard Cost | |
[A] | [B] | [A x B] | |
Direct Material | ( 6 Yards x 5200 Meals)=31200 Yards | $ 5.75 | $ 1,79,400.00 |
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Actual DATA for | 5200 | Meals | |
Quantity (AQ) | Rate (AR) | Actual Cost | |
Direct Material | 27300 | $ 5.10 | $ 1,39,230.00 |
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Material Price Variance | ||||||
( | Standard Rate | - | Actual Rate | ) | x | Actual Quantity |
( | $ 5.75 | - | $ 5.10 | ) | x | 27300 |
17745 | ||||||
Variance | $ 17,745.00 | Favourable-F | ||||
Material Quantity Variance | ||||||
( | Standard Quantity | - | Actual Quantity | ) | x | Standard Rate |
( | 31200 | - | 27300 | ) | x | $ 5.75 |
22425 | ||||||
Variance | $ 22,425.00 | Favourable-F | ||||
Total Material Variance | ||||||
( | Standard Cost | - | Actual Cost | ) | ||
( | $ 1,79,400.00 | - | $ 1,39,230.00 | ) | ||
40170 | ||||||
Variance | $ 40,170.00 | Favourable-F |