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Builder Products, Inc., manufactures a caulking compound that goes through three processing stages prior to completion. Information on work in the first department, Cooking, is

Builder Products, Inc., manufactures a caulking compound that goes through three processing stages prior to completion. Information on work in the first department, Cooking, is given below for May:

Production data:
Pounds in process, May 1; materials 100% complete; conversion 90% complete 81,000
Pounds started into production during May 460,000
Pounds completed and transferred out ?
Pounds in process, May 31: materials 80% complete; conversion 20% complete 55,000
Cost data:
Work in process inventory, May 1:
Materials cost $ 158,200
Conversion cost $ 50,500
Cost added during May:
Materials cost $ 822,300
Conversion cost $ 277,520

The company uses the weighted-average method.

Required:
1. Compute the equivalent units of production.

Equivalent units of production-

Materials______ Conversion______

2.

Compute the costs per equivalent unit for the month

Cost Per Equivalent -

Materials_____ Conversion

3.

Determine the cost of ending work in process inventory and of the units transferred out to the next department.

Total:

Cost of ending work in process inventory _______

Cost of units completed and transferred out _______

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