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Question 2: Standard Costing
Jones Jimmy Company produces a single product – a jumping jack.
Variable manufacturing overhead is applied to products on the basis of direct labour-hours.
The standard costs for one unit of product are as follows:
Direct Material: 10 kilograms $2.80 per kilogram |
$28.00 |
Direct Labour: 2.5 hours at $40.00 per hour |
$100.00 |
Variable Manufacturing Overhead: 1.5 hours at $18.00 per hour |
$27.00 |
Total Standard Variable Cost Per Unit |
$155.00 |
During the month, 9,700 units were produced. The costs associated with March’s operations were as follows:
Direct Material: 96,000 kilograms $2.95 per kilogram |
$283,200.00 |
Material Used in Production: 98,000 kilograms |
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Direct Labour: 26,000 hours at $42.50 per hour |
$1,105,000.00 |
Variable Manufacturing Overhead |
$256,900.00 |
Required:
(1) Compute all the key variances for direct materials, direct labour, and variable manufacturing.