standard costs and variances for direct materials, accounting homework help

E 24.2

The standard costs and variances for direct materials, direct labor, and factory overhead for the

month of May are as follows:

Variances

Standard Cost Unfavorable Favorable

Direct materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 85,000

Price variance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $5,000

Quantity variance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $3,000

Direct labor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150,000

Rate variance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,700

Efficiency variance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,200

Manufacturing overhead . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300,000

Spending variance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,000

Volume variance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000

Determine the actual costs incurred during the month of May for direct materials, direct labor,

and manufacturing overhead.

E 24.4

Gumchara Corporation reported the following information with respect to the materials required to

manufacture amalgam florostats during the current month:

Standard price per gram of materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $4

Standard quantity of materials per amalgam florostat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 grams

Actual materials purchased and used in production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,000 grams

Actual amalgam florostats produced during the month . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000 units

Actual cost of materials purchased . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $18,000

Normal monthly output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 900 units

a. Determine Gumchara’s materials price variance.

b. Determine Gumchara’s materials quantity variance.

c. Will Gumchara’s overhead volume variance be favorable or unfavorable? Why?

E 24.6

Marlo Enterprises produces radon mitigation pumps. Information pertaining to the company’s

monthly direct labor usage is provided below:

Standard labor rate per hour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $16

Standard hours allowed per radon mitigation pump . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.5 hours

Actual pumps produced during the current month . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,000 units

Actual labor hours worked during the current month . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,600 hours

Actual labor cost for the current month . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $64,800

a. Compute the company’s labor rate variance.

b. Compute the company’s labor efficiency variance.

c. An extremely large order of radon mitigation pumps was filled during the month for exportation

to Saudi Arabia. Filling this order resulted in extended hours for many of the company’s workers.

Which labor variance reflects the extra hours worked by Marlo’s employees? Was their time

well utilized? Explain.