Direct manufacturing labor and direct materials variances, missing data. (CMA, heavily adapted) Oyster Bay Surfboards manufactures fiberglass surfboards. The standard cost of direct materials and direct manufacturing labor is $248 per board. This includes 35 pounds of direct materials, at the budgeted price of $3 per pound, and 11 hours of direct manufacturing labor, at the budgeted rate of $13 per hour. Following are additional data for the month of July: Units completed 5,600 units,
Direct material purchases 230,000 pounds,
Cost of direct material purchases $759,000,
Actual direct manufacturing labor-hours 43,000 hours,
Actual direct manufacturing labor cost $623,500,
Direct materials efficiency variance $ 1,200 F,
There were no beginning inventories.
1. Compute direct manufacturing labor variances for July,
2. Compute the actual pounds of direct materials used in production in July,
3. Calculate the actual price per pound of direct materials purchased,
4. Calculate the direct materials price variance.

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