Question

The following information is for the standard and actual costs for the Happy Corporation:

Enter favorable variances as negative numbers.
Standard Costs:
Budgeted units of production - 16,000 [80% (or normal) capacity]
Standard labor hours per unit - 4
Standard labor rate - $26 per hour
Standard material per unit - 8 lbs.
Standard material cost - $12 per pound
Standard variable overhead rate - $15 per labor hour
Budgeted fixed overhead - $640,000
Fixed overhead rate is based on budgeted labor hours at 80% (or normal) capacity.
Actual Cost:
Actual production - 16,500 units
Actual fixed overhead - $640,000
Actual variable overhead - $1,000,000
Actual labor - 65,000 hours, total labor costs $1,700,000
Actual material purchased and used - 130,000 lbs, total material cost $1,600,000
Actual variable overhead - $1,000,000
Determine the Quantity Variance
a. 24,000 unfavorable
b. 24,000 favorable
c. 12,000 unfavorable
d. 12,000 favorable

Answer 1

a. 24,000 unfavorable

Step-by-step explanation:

Quantity Variance = Standard Price ( Actual Quantity - Standard Quantity Allowed)

= $12 per pound (8 lbs.*16,500 lbs-8 lbs.*16,000)

= $ 12 (132,000 lbs-130,000 lbs) = $ 12 (2000)= 24,000 unfavorable

It is unfavorable because the actual quantity used is more than the standard quantity allowed.

Quantity variance is obtained by multiplying the standard price with the difference in the actual quantity used and the standard quantity allowed.