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Highland Company produces a lightweight backpack that is popular with college students. Standard variable costs relating to a single backpack are given below:

Standard Quantity or Hours Standard Price or Rate Standard Cost
Direct materials ? $6.00 per yard $ ?
Direct labor ? ? ?
Variable manufacturing overhead ? $2 per direct labor-hour ?
Total standard cost $?

Overhead is applied to production on the basis of direct labor-hours. During March, 530 backpacks were manufactured and sold. Selected information relating to the months production is given below:

Materials Used Direct Labor Variable Manufacturing Overhead
Total standard cost allowed* $12,720 $8,056 $1,696
Actual costs incurred $11,100 ? $2,242
Materials price variance ?
Materials quantity variance $ 600 U
Labor rate variance ?
Labor efficiency variance ?
Variable overhead rate variance ?
Variable overhead efficiency variance ?
*For the month's production.

The following additional information is available for Marchs production:

Actual direct labor-hours 940
Standard overhead rate per direct labor-hour $2.00
Difference between standard and actual cost per backpack produced during March $0.20 F

Required:
1. What is the standard cost of a single backpack?

standard cost for March production:

materials

direct labor

variable manufacturing overhead

total standard cost

numbers of backpacks produced

stanard cost of a single backpack

2. What was the actual cost per backpack produced during March? (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

standaerd cost of a single backpack

deduct difference between standard and actual cost

actual cost per backpack

3.

How many yards of material are required at standard per backpack?

total standard cost of material allowed during March

number of backpacks produced during March

standard materials cost per backpack

standard material cost per yard

number of yards per backpack

4.

What was the materials price variance for March if there were no beginning or ending inventories of materials? (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).)

material price variance

material quantity variance

spending variance

5.

What is the standard direct labor rate per hour?

standard variable manufacturing overhead cost for March

standard variable manufacturing overhead rate per direct labor hour

standard direct labor hours for March

standard direct labor cost for March

standard direct labor rate per hour

6.

What was the labor rate variance for March? The labor efficiency variance? (Do not round your 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))

labor rate variance

labor efficiency variance

7.

What was the variable overhead rate variance for March? The variable overhead efficiency variance?(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))

variable overhead rate variance

variable overhead efficieny variance

8.

Prepare a standard cost card for one backpack. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

standard quantity or hours standard price or rate standard cost

direct materials

direct labor

variable manufacturing overhead

total standard cost

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