Direct Labor Variances Bellingham Company produces a product that requires 2 standard direct labor hours per unit at a standard hourly rate of $8.00 per hour. If 3,700 units used 7,600 hours at an hourly rate of $8.40 per hour, what is the direct labor (a) rate variance, (b) time variance, and (c) cost variance? Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number. a. Direct labor rate variance Unfavorable b. Direct labor time variance Unfavorable ✓ c. Direct labor cost variance $ Unfavorable ✓

Direct Materials Variances The following data relate to the direct materials cost for the production of 2,500 automobile tires: Actual: 51,100 lbs. at $1.75 per lb.   Standard: 49,600 lbs. at $1.8 per lb.   a.  Determine the direct materials price variance, direct materials quantity variance, and total direct materials cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number. Direct Materials Price Variance $fill in the blank 1   Direct Materials Quantity Variance $fill in the blank 3   Total Direct Materials Cost Variance $fill in the blank 5   b.  The direct materials price variance should normally be reported to the  . If lower amounts of direct materials had been used because of production efficiencies, the variance would be reported to the  . If the favorable use of raw materials had been caused by the purchase of higher-quality raw materials, the variance should be reported to the  .

$6.00 per hour. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number. Variance Amount Favorable/Unfavorable Controllable variance Volume variance Total factory overhead cost variance %24 %24 %24

Direct Labor Variances The following data relate to labor cost for production of 4,800 cellular telephones: Actual: 3,230 hrs. at $16.30 Standard: 3,180 hrs. at $16.60 a. Determine the direct labor rate variance, direct labor time variance, and total direct labor cost variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative number using a minus sign and an unfavorable variance as a positive number. Rate variance Time variance $1 Total direct labor cost variance $ b. The employees may have been less-experienced or poorly trained, thereby resulting in a labor rate than planned. The lower level of experience or training may have resulted in efficient performance. Thus, the actual time required was than standard.