Exercise 10-6 Direct Materials and Direct Labor Variances [LO10-1, LO10-2] Huron Company produces a commercial cleaning compound known as Zoom. The direct materials and direct labor standards for one unit of Zoom are given below: Standard Quantity or Hours Standard Price or Rate Standard Cost Direct materials 7.30 pounds $ 2.25 per pound $ 16.43 Direct labor 0.65 hours $ 6.50 per hour $ 4.22 During the most recent month, the following activity was recorded: 16,600.00 pounds of material were purchased at a cost of $2.05 per pound. All of the material purchased was used to produce 2,000 units of Zoom. 1,200 hours of direct labor time were recorded at a total labor cost of $11,400. Required: 1. Compute the materials price and quantity variances for the month.

Instructions are below.

Explanation:

Giving the following information:

Standard:

Direct materials 7.30 pounds $ 2.25 per pound $16.43

Actual:

16,600 pounds of material was purchased for $2.05 per pound. All of the material purchased was used to produce 2,000 units of Zoom.

To calculate the direct material price and quantity variance, we need to use the following formula:

Direct material price variance= (standard price - actual price)*actual quantity

Direct material price variance= (2.25 - 2.05)*16,600

Direct material price variance= $3,320 favorable

Direct material quantity variance= (standard quantity - actual quantity)*standard price

Standard quantity= 2,000*7.3= 14,600

Direct material quantity variance= (14,600 - 16,600)*2.25

Direct material quantity variance= $4,500 unfavorable

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