Question

Bandar Industries Berhad of Malaysia manufactures sporting equipment. One of the company's products, a football helmet for the North American market, requires a special plastic. During the quarter ending June 30, the company manufactured 3,700 helmets, using 2,368 kilograms of plastic. The plastic cost the company $17.997. According to the standard cost card, each helmet should require 0.55 kilograms of plastic, at a cost of $8.00 per kilogram. Required: 1. What is the standard quantity of kilograms of plastic (SQ) that is allowed to make 3.700 helmets? 2. What is the standard materials cost allowed (SOSP) to make 3,700 helmets? 3. What is the materials spending variance? 4. What is the materials price variance and the materials quantity variance? (For requirements 3 and 4, indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values. Do not round intermediate calculations.) Standard quantity of lograms allowed Standard cost allowed for actual output Materials spending variance Materials price variance Materials quantity variance

Answer 1

Required 1 :
Standard quantity of kilograms of plastic (SQ) allowed to make 3700 helmets = 3700 * standard kilograms of plastic required per helmet = 3700 * 0.55	2035
Required 2 :
Standard materials cost allowed to make 3700 helmets = Total standard quantity of materials * Standard rate = 2035 * 8.00	16280
Required 3 :
Materials spending variance = Actual cost - Standard cost = 17997 - 16280	1717	Unfavorable
Required 4 :
Actual materials rate = Actual materials cost / Actual materials quantity = 17997 / 2368	7.60
Materials price variance = ( Actual price - Standard price ) * Actual quantity = ( 7.60 - 8.00 ) * 2368	947	Favorable
Materials quantity variance = ( Actual quantity - Standard quantity ) * Standard rate = ( 2368 - 2035 ) * 8.00	2664	Unfavorable