Montreal Inc. manufactures garden hoses for large stores. The standard costs for a dozen garden hoses are as follows:

Direct materials 24 m × $2 per metre 5 $48

Direct labour 3 hours × $12 per hour 5 $36

During February, Montreal Inc. worked on three separate orders of garden hoses. Job cost records for the month disclose the following:

You have been able to gather the following information:
1. Montreal Inc. purchased 110,000 m of material during February at a cost of $242,000. The material price variance is recorded when goods are purchased, and all inventories are carried at standard cost.
2. The payroll department reported that production employees were paid $12.50 per hour.
3. There was no beginning work in process. During February, lots 4503 and 4504 were completed, and all materials were issued for lot 4505, which was 60% complete in terms of labour.
4. Montreal Inc. applies fixed and variable overhead based on machine hours. Below are the results for Montreal Inc. for the month of February:

Instructions
Calculate the following:
(a) The material price, quantity, and total variances
(b) The labour price, efficiency, and total variances
(c) The variable overhead spending, efficiency, and total variances
(d) The fixed overhead spending, volume, and total variances
(e) Under applied (over applied) total overhead

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Lot 4503 4504 4505 Units in Lot 1,000 dozern 1,500 dozen 2,000 dozen Materials Used 24,100 m 36,150 m 48,200 m Hours Worked 2,980 5,130 2,890 The normal activity in machine hours Flexible budget variable overhead per machine hour Actual variable overhead cost incurred Actual fixed overhead cost incurred Variable overhead cost applied to production Variable overhead efficiency variance (unfavourable) Fixed overhead budget variance (unfavourable) 40,000 $ 2.80 117,000 302,100 117,600 8,400 2,100