Bramble Corp. is planning to sell 1300 boxes of ceramic tile, with production estimated at 1270 boxes during May. Each box of tile requires 44 pounds of clay mix and a 0.50 hour of direct labor. Clay mix costs $0.40 per pound and employees of the company are paid $18 per hour. Manufacturing overhead is applied at a rate of 110% of direct labor costs. Bramble has 4600 pounds of clay mix in beginning inventory and wants to have 4500 pounds in ending inventory. What is the total amount to be budgeted in pounds for direct materials to be purchased for the month?

57100

55780

55980

55880

A company budgeted unit sales of 144000 units for January, 2017 and 150000 units for February 2017. The company has a policy of having an inventory of units on hand at the end of each month equal to 30% of next month's budgeted unit sales. If there were 43200 units of inventory on hand on December 31, 2016, how many units should be produced in January, 2017 in order for the company to meet its goals?

144000 units

142200 units

189000 units

145800 units

If the required direct materials purchases are 16000 pounds, the direct materials required for production is three times the direct materials purchases, and the beginning direct materials are three and a half times the direct materials purchases, what are the desired ending direct materials in pounds?

40000

24000

16000

8000

Lark Corp.'s direct materials budget shows total cost of direct materials purchases for January $250,000, February $300,000 and March $350,000. Cash payments are 60% in the month of purchase and 40% in the following month. The budgeted cash payments for March are

$330,000.

$300,000.

$320,000.

$260,000.