Highland Company produces a lightweight backpack that is popular with college students. Standard variable costs relating to a single backpack are given below:

	Standard Quantity or Hours	Standard Price or Rate			Standard Cost
Direct materials	?	$	6.00	per yard	$	?
Direct labor	?		?			?
Variable manufacturing overhead	?	$	2	per direct labor-hour		?
Total standard cost per unit					$	?

Overhead is applied to production on the basis of direct labor-hours. During March, 800 backpacks were manufactured and sold. Selected information relating to the months production is given below:

	Materials Used			Direct Labor			Variable Manufacturing Overhead
Total standard cost allowed*	$	19,200		$	9,200		$	1,600
Actual costs incurred	$	11,100			?		$	4,740
Materials price variance		?
Materials quantity variance	$	3,000	U
Labor rate variance					?
Labor efficiency variance					?
Variable overhead rate variance								?
Variable overhead efficiency variance								?

*For the month's production.

The following additional information is available for Marchs production:

Actual direct labor-hours		1,200
Difference between standard and actual cost per backpack produced during March	$	0.15	F

Required:

Hint: It may be helpful to complete a general model diagram for direct materials, direct labor, and variable manufacturing overhead before attempting to answer any of the requirements.

1. What is the standard cost of a single backpack?

2. What was the actual cost per backpack produced during March?

3. How many yards of material are required at standard per backpack?

4. What was the materials price variance for March if there were no beginning or ending inventories of materials? (Do not round intermediate calculations. Indicate the effect of each variance by selecting "F" for favorable, "U" for unfavorable, and "None" for no effect (i.e., zero variance). Input all amounts as positive values.)

Materials price variance
Materials quantity variance
Spending variance

5. What is the standard direct labor rate per hour?

6. What was the labor rate variance for March? What is the labor efficiency variance?

7. What was the variable overhead rate variance for March? What is the variable overhead efficiency variance?

8. Prepare a standard cost card for one backpack.

	Standard Quantity or Hours			Standard Price or Rate		Standard Cost
Direct materials		yards		$6.00	per yard
Direct labor		hours			per hour
Variable manufacturing overhead		hours		$2.00	per direct labor-hour
Total standard cost