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Exercise 10-6 (Algo) Direct Materials and Direct Labor Variances (LO10-1, LO10-2) Huron Company produces a commercial cleaning compound known as Zoom. The direct materials and direct labor standards for one unit of Zoom are given below: Standard Quantity or Standard Price Standard Hours or Rate Cost Direct materials 6.50 pounds $ 1.90 per pound $12.35 Direct labor 0.30 hours $13.00 per hour $ 3.90 During the most recent month, the following activity was recorded: a. 20,500.00 pounds of material were purchased at a cost of $1.70 per pound. b. All of the material purchased was used to produce 3,000 units of Zoom. C. 800 hours of direct labor time were recorded at a total labor cost of $12,000. Required: 1. Compute the materials price and quantity variances for the month. 2. Compute the labor rate and efficiency variances for the month. (For all requirements, 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. Round your intermediate calculations to the nearest whole dollar.) 1. Materials price variance Materials quantity variance Labor rate variance Labor efficiency variance 2. 7 Exercise 10-7 (Algo) Direct Materials Variances (LO10-1) Huron Company produces a commercial cleaning compound known as Zoom. The direct materials and direct labor standards for one unit of Zoom are given below: ok Standard Standard Quantity or Hours 5.70 pounds 0.50 hours Cost Standard Price or Rate $2.50 per pound $7.50 per hour ht Direct materials Direct labor $14.25 $ 3.75 -nces During the most recent month, the following activity was recorded: a. Eleven thousand pounds of material were purchased at a cost of $2.40 per pound b. The company produced only 1,100 units, using 9,900 pounds of material. (The rest of the material purchased remained in raw materials inventory.) c. 650 hours of direct labor time were recorded at a total labor cost of $7,800. Required: Compute the materials price and quantity variances for the month. (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.) Materials price variance Materials quantity variance

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