Question

Dog Bone Bakery, which bakes dog treats, makes a special biscuit for dogs. Each biscuit uses 0.75 cup of pure semolina flour. They buy 4,000 cups of flour at $0.55 per cup. They use 3,588 cups of flour to make 4,800 biscuits. The standard cost per cup of flour is $0.54. A. What are the direct materials price variance, the direct materials quantity variances, and the total direct materials cost variance

Answer 1

Answer:

Results are below.

Explanation:

To calculate the direct material rate and quantity variance, we need to use the following formulas:

Direct material price variance= (standard price - actual price)*actual quantity

Direct material price variance= (0.55 - 0.54)*4,000

Direct material price variance= $40 favorable

Direct material quantity variance= (standard quantity - actual quantity)*standard price

Direct material quantity variance= (0.75*4,800 - 3,588)*0.55

Direct material quantity variance= $6.6 favorable

Finally, the total variance:

Total direct material variance= 40 + 6.6= $46.6 favorable