Computing materials variances: D-List Calendar Company specializes in manufacturing calendars that depict obscure comedians. The company uses a standard cost system to control its costs. During one month of operations, the direct materials costs and the quantities of paper used showed the following:
Actual purchase price
$0175 per page
Standard quantity allowed for production
170,000 pages
Actual quantity purchased during month
200,000 pages
Actual quantity used during month
185,000 pages
Standard price per page
$0.17 per page
1. Total cost of purchases for the month
2. Materials price variance
3. Materials quantity variance
4. Net materials variance