Collegiate Rings produces class rings. Its best-selling model has a direct materials standard of grams of a special alloy per ring. This special alloy has a standard cost of per gram. In the past month, the company purchased grams of this alloy at a total cost of . A total of grams were used last month to produce rings..

Requirement 1. What is the actual cost per gram of the special alloy that purchased last month? (Round your answer to the nearest cent.) The actual cost per gram of the special alloy that Collegiate Rings purchased last month is $65.10 . Requirement 2. What is the direct material price variance? (Abbreviations used: DM = Direct materials) Begin by determining the formula for the price variance, then compute the price variance for direct materials. (Enter the variance as a positive number. Round interim calculations to the nearest cent and your variance amount to the nearest whole dollar. Label the variance as favorable (F) or unfavorable (U).) Standard price ( Actual price - Actual quantity purchased ) = DM price variance 8,700 ( - $65.70 ) = F

1. What is the actual cost per gram of the special alloy that purchased last month?

2. What is the direct material price variance?

3. What is the direct material quantity variance?

4. How might the direct material price variance for the company last month be causing the direct material quantity variance?