STANDARD COST CARD Product: Gallon of Ice Cream Manufacturing Cost Information Standard Standard Cost Cost Quantity per Unit Summary Direct Materials Cream 5 quarts $5.75 $1.15 per quart s0.08 per ounce $36.00 per hour 16 ounces $1.28 Sugar Direct Labor 3 minutes $1.80 Total Direct Costs $8.83 Actual direct costs incurred to make 50 gallons of ice cream: 275 quarts of cream at $1.05 per quart 832 ounces of sugar at $0.075 per ounce 165 minutes of labor at $37 per hour All material used was bought during the current period. А. Compute the material and labor variances. В. Comment on the results and possible causes of the variances.
STANDARD COST CARD Product: Gallon of Ice Cream Manufacturing Cost Information Standard Standard Cost Cost Quantity per Unit Summary Direct Materials Cream 5 quarts $5.75 $1.15 per quart s0.08 per ounce $36.00 per hour 16 ounces $1.28 Sugar Direct Labor 3 minutes $1.80 Total Direct Costs $8.83 Actual direct costs incurred to make 50 gallons of ice cream: 275 quarts of cream at $1.05 per quart 832 ounces of sugar at $0.075 per ounce 165 minutes of labor at $37 per hour All material used was bought during the current period. А. Compute the material and labor variances. В. Comment on the results and possible causes of the variances.
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Use the following standard cost card for 1
gallon of ice cream to answer the questions.
STANDARD COST CARD
Product: Gallon of Ice Cream
Manufacturing
Cost Information
Standard
Standard Cost
Cost
Quantity
per Unit
Summary
Direct Materials
Cream
5 quarts
$1.15 per quart
$0.08 per ounce
$36.00 per hour
$5.75
$1.28
Sugar
Direct Labor
16 ounces
3 minutes
$1.80
Total Direct Costs
$8.83
Actual direct costs incurred to make 50
gallons of ice cream:
275 quarts of cream at $1.05 per quart
832 ounces of sugar at $0.075 per
ounce
165 minutes of labor at $37 per hour
All material used was bought during the
current period.
А.
Compute the material and labor
variances.
В.
possible causes of the variances.
Comment on the results and
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