Malto Inc. maintains a standard cost system; as such, all inventories, including materials, are carried on the books at standard cost. Last period, Malto used $5500$ pounds to produce $820$ units of Product C$8.$ The company has established a standard of $7\mathrm{.}6$ pounds of Material H per unit of C$8,$ at a price of $$7\mathrm{.}00$ per pound of material. During the period, Malto purchased $4600$ pounds of Material H$.$ The company spent $$7\mathrm{.}25$ per pound during the period to purchase material H$.$

Required: Note whether variances are favorable or unfavorable

$1.$ Calculate the direct materials purchase$-$price variance for the period, rounded to the nearest dollar.

$2.$ Calculate the direct materials usage variance for the period, rounded to the nearest whole dollar.