Question

Edgar, Inc. has a materials price standard of $2.00 per pound. Six thousand pounds of materials were purchased at $2.20 a pound. The actual quantity of materials used was 6,000 pounds, although the standard quantity allowed for the output was 5,400 pounds. Edgar, Inc.'s materials quantity variance is:

Answer 1

Answer:

materials quantity variance: 1,200 unfavorable

Explanation:

$(standard\:quantity-actual\:quantity) \times standard \: cost = DM \: quantity \: variance$

std quantity 5400.00

actual quantity 6000.00

std cost  $2.00

$(5,400 - 6,000) \times 2.00 = DM \: quantity \: variance$

difference -600.00

quantity variance  $(1,200.00)

The difference between standard and actual quantity is negative. We used more pounds than expected, the variance will be unfavorable.

600 extra pounds at $2.00 each = 1,200