Question

Parker Plastic, Inc., manufactures plastic mats to use with rolling office chairs. Its standard cost information for last year follows Standard Quantity 9 sq ft. $e.92 per sq. ft. e.25 hr Standard Standard Price (Rate) Unit Cost Direct materials (plastic) Direct labor Variable manufacturing overhead (based on direct labor hours) Fixed manufacturing overhead $289,28e +904,e00 units) $ 8.28 $10.40 per hr. 2.60 $1.60 per hr. e.25 hr. e.40 e.32 Parker Plastic had the following actual results for the past year Number of units produced and sold Number of square feet of plastic used Cost of plastic purchased and used Number of labor hours worked Direct labor cost Variable overhead cost Fixed overhead cost 1,200,000 11,100,000 $ 9,990,000 302,e00 $ 3,110,60e $ 496,000 359,000 Required: Calculate Parker Plastic's direct materials price and quantity variances. (Do not round intermediate calculations. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e.. zero variance).)

Answer 1

Direct material price variance = (Standard price-actual price)actual quantity = (0.92*1110000)-9990000 = 222000 F

Direct material quantity variance = (Standard qty-actual qty)Standard price = (1200000*9-11100000)*0.92 = 276000 U