Question

A company has established 7 pounds of Material J at $2 per pound as the standard for the material in its Product Z. The company has just produced 1,000 units of this product, using 7,200 pounds of Material J that cost $13,080. The direct materials quantity variance is:

Answer 1

-$400 unfavorable

Explanation:

The computation of direct materials quantity variance is shown below:-

Direct material quantity variance = (Standard Quantity × Standard Price) - (Actual quantity × Standard price)

= (1,000 × 7 × $2) - (7,200 × $2)

= $14,000 - $14,400

= -$400 unfavorable

Therefore for computing the direct material quantity variance we simply applied the above formula.