Exercise 07-4 Manufacturing: Direct materials budget LO P1 Zira Co. reports the following production budget for the next four months. April April 602 Production (units) May 630 May June 636 636 July 616 Each finished unit requires five pounds of raw materials and the company wants to end each month with raw materials inventory equal to 40% of next month's production needs. Beginning raw materials inventory for April was 1,204 pounds. Assume direct materials cost $4 per pound. Prepare a direct materials budget for April, May, and June. (Round your intermediate calculations and final answers to the nearest whole dollar amount.) ZIRA CO. Direct Materials Budget For April, May, and June April May 6021 June Budgeted production (units) Materials requirements per unit Materials needed for production (lbs.) 630 5 636 units 5 lbs. Total materials requirements (lbs.) Materials to be purchased (lbs.) Total budgeted direct materials cost