Bandar Industries manufactures sporting equipment. One of the company’s products is a football helmet that requires special plastic. During the quarter ending June 30, the company manufactured 4,000 helmets, using 3,040 kilograms of plastic. The plastic cost the company $20,064. According to the standard cost card, each helmet should require 0.67 kilograms of plastic, at a cost of $7.00 per kilogram. Required: What is the standard quantity of kilograms of plastic (SQ) that is allowed to make 4,000 helmets? What is the standard materials cost allowed (SQ × SP) to make 4,000 helmets? What is the materials spending variance? What are the materials price variance and the materials quantity variance?

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Bandar Industries manufactures sporting equipment. One of the company’s products is a football helmet that requires special plastic. During the quarter ending June 30, the company manufactured 4,000 helmets, using 3,040 kilograms of plastic. The plastic cost the company $20,064.

According to the standard cost card, each helmet should require 0.67 kilograms of plastic, at a cost of $7.00 per kilogram.

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  1. What is the standard quantity of kilograms of plastic (SQ) that is allowed to make 4,000 helmets?
  2. What is the standard materials cost allowed (SQ × SP) to make 4,000 helmets?
  3. What is the materials spending variance?
  4. What are the materials price variance and the materials quantity variance?
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