Question

Weston Products manufactures an industrial cleaning compound that goes through three processing departments—Grinding, Mixing, and Cooking. All raw materials are introduced at the start of work in the Grinding Department. The Work in Process T-account for the Grinding Department for May is given below:

Work in Process—Grinding Department
Inventory, May 1	451,950	Completed and transferred to the Mixing Department	?
Materials	570,560
Conversion	296,232
Inventory, May 31	?

The May 1 work in process inventory consisted of 131,000 pounds with $279,030 in materials cost and $172,920 in conversion cost. The May 1 work in process inventory was 100% complete with respect to materials and 30% complete with respect to conversion. During May, 240,000 pounds were started into production. The May 31 inventory consisted of 113,000 pounds that were 100% complete with respect to materials and 60% complete with respect to conversion. The company uses the weighted-average method in its process costing system.

Compute the Grinding Department's equivalent units of production for materials and conversion in May.

	Materials Conversion Equivalent units of production

Compute the Grinding Department's costs per equivalent unit for materials and conversion for May. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

	Materials Conversion Cost per equivalent unit

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

	Materials Conversion Total Cost of ending work in process inventory

Compute the Grinding Department's cost of units transferred out to the Mixing Department for materials, conversion, and in total for May. (Round your intermediate calculations to 2 decimal places.)

	Materials Conversion Total Cost of units completed and transferred out

Answer 1