Question

Oceanside Marine Company manufactures special metallic materials and decorative fittings for luxury yachts that require highly skilled labor. Oceanside uses standard costs to prepare its flexible budget. For the first quarter of the year, direct materials and direct labor standards for one of their popular products were as follows: Direct materials: 2 pound per unit; $12 per pound Direct labor: 2 hours per unit; $16 per hour Oceanside produced 3,000 units during the quarter. At the end of the quarter, an examination of the direct materials records showed that the company used 6,500 pounds of direct materials and actual total materials costs were $99,600. What is the direct materials cost variance

Answer 1

Direct material price variance $ 21,000 unfavorable

Step-by-step explanation:

A material price variance occurs where materials are purchased at a price either lower or higher than the standard price. A favorable variance is recorded where the actual total cost of materials is lower that the standard cost. While an adverse variance implies the opposite.

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6,5000 pounds should have cost (6500× $12) 78,000

but did cost 99,600

Direct material price variance 21,000 unfavorable