Question

Direct Materials Variances

Bellingham Company produces a product that requires 12 standard pounds per unit. The standard price is $10.5 per pound. If 5,900 units used 72,900 pounds, which were purchased at $10.29 per pound, what is the direct materials (a) price variance, (b) quantity variance, and (c) cost variance? Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number.

a. Direct materials price variance	$	Unfavorable
b. Direct materials quantity variance	$	Favorable
c. Direct materials cost variance	$	Favorable

Answer 1