Question

Jarvene Corporation uses the FIFO method in its process costing system. The following data are for the most recent month of operations in one of the company’s processing departments:

Units in beginning inventory	420
Units started into production	4,320
Units in ending inventory	320
Units transferred to the next department	4,420

	Materials		Conversion
Percentage completion of beginning inventory	70	%	30	%
Percentage completion of ending inventory	70	%	50	%

The cost of beginning inventory according to the company’s costing system was $7,875 of which $4,849 was for materials and the remainder was for conversion cost. The costs added during the month amounted to $180,742. The costs per equivalent unit for the month were:

	Materials	Conversion
Cost per equivalent unit	$18.00	$23.00

Required:

1. Compute the total cost per equivalent unit for the month.

2. Compute the equivalent units of material and conversion in the ending inventory.

3. Compute the equivalent units of material and conversion that were required to complete the beginning inventory.

4. Compute the number of units started and completed during the month.

5. Compute the cost of ending work in process inventory for materials, conversion, and in total for the month.

6. Compute the cost of the units transferred to the next department for materials, conversion, and in total for the month.

1)

Compute the total cost per equivalent unit for the month. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

	Total cost per equivalent unit

2)

Compute the equivalent units of material and conversion in the ending inventory.

	Materials Conversion Equivalent units

3)

Compute the equivalent units of material and conversion that were required to complete the beginning inventory.

	Materials Conversion Equivalent units

4)

Compute the number of units started and completed during the month.

	Number of units started and completed

5)

Compute the cost of ending work in process inventory for materials, conversion, and in total for the month. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)

	Materials Conversion Total Cost of ending work in process inventory

6)

Compute the cost of the units transferred to the next department for materials, conversion, and in total for the month. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)

	Materials Conversion Total Total cost of units transferred out

Answer 1

1)

Compute the total cost per equivalent unit for the month. (Round your answer to 2 decimal places.)

	Total cost per equivalent unit 18+23 = 41

2)

Compute the equivalent units of material and conversion in the ending inventory.

	Materials Conversion Equivalent units 320*70% = 224 160

3)

Compute the equivalent units of material and conversion that were required to complete the beginning inventory.

	Materials Conversion Equivalent units 420*30% = 126 294

4)

Compute the number of units started and completed during the month.

	Number of units started and completed 4420-420 = 4000

5)

Compute the cost of ending work in process inventory for materials, conversion, and in total for the month. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)

	Materials Conversion Total Cost of ending work in process inventory 224*18 = 4032 160*23 = 3680 7712

6)

Compute the cost of the units transferred to the next department for materials, conversion, and in total for the month. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)

	Materials Conversion Total Total Cost of units transferred out 4126*18+4849 = 79117 4294*23+3026 = 101788 180905