Question

The standard cost of product 777 includes 2.0 units of direct materials at $6.00 per unit. During August, the company bought 29,000 units of materials at $6.30 and used those materials to produce 16,000 units. Compute the total, price, and quantity variances for materials.

Answer 1

Answer and Explanation:

The computation is shown below:

Total material variance = Actual quantity × Actual rate - Standard quantity × Standard rate

= 29000 × $6.3 - (16,000 units × 2) × $6

= $182,700 - $192,000

= - $9,300 favorable  

Material price variance = Actual quantity × Actual price - Actual quantity × Standard price

= (29,000 units × $6.3) - (29,000 units × $6)

= $182,700 - $174,000

= $8,700 unfavorable  

Material quantity variance =  Standard quantity × Actual quantity - Standard rate × Standard quantity  

= $6 × 29,000 units - $6 × (16,000 units × 2)

= $174,000 - $192,000

= -$18,000 favorable

The favorable is when the standard cost is more than the actual one while the unfavorable is when the standard cost is less than the actual one