At the beginning of August, Havasu Printers Company budgeted 20,000 books to be printed in August at standard direct materials and direct labor costs as follows: Direct materials $36,000 Direct labor 9,000 Total $45,000 The standard materials price is $0.60 per pound. The standard direct labor rate is $9.00 per hour.
At the end of August, the actual direct materials and direct labor costs were as follows: Actual direct materials $33,700 Actual direct labor 8,400 Total $42,100 There were no direct materials price or direct labor rate variances for August. In addition, assume no changes in the direct materials inventory balances in August. Havasu Printers Company actually produced 18,200 units during August.
Determine the direct materials quantity variance, the direct labor time variance, and the total variance. Enter a favorable variance as a negative amount, and an unfavorable variance as a positive amount. Direct materials quantity variance $fill in the blank 1 Unfavorable Direct labor time variance fill in the blank 3 Total variance $fill in the blank 5