Question

Cayuga Hardwoods produces handcrafted jewelry boxes. A standard-size box requires 8 board feet of hardwood in the finished product. In addition, 2 board feet of scrap lumber are normally left from the production of one box. Hardwood costs $4.00 per board foot, plus $1.50 in transportation charges per board foot.
Required:
Compute the standard direct-material cost of a jewelry box.

Answer 1

Answer:

$44 per case.

Explanation:

If  A standard-size box requires 8 board feet of hardwood in the finished product. In addition, 2 board feet of scrap lumber are normally left from the production of one box. Hardwood costs $4.00 per board foot, plus $1.50 in transportation charges per board foot.

Then, To calculate the standard cost of direct materials for the jewelry box, we multiply the direct materials standard price of $4.00 (plus the transportation costs of 1.50 per board foot) by the direct materials standard quantity of 8 feet (8 board feet of hardwood in the finished product) per unit.

The result is a standard direct materials cost of $44 per case.