Patrick Star Tech Inc. manufactures high quality and high capacity USB flash drives. They have the following information available to prepare their master budget:

Month	Units to be produced
October	4,490
November	4,760
December	5,180

Patrick Star Tech Inc. sells each flash drive for $12. It takes 3 ounces of metal to produce each flash drive at a cost of $0.50 per ounce. They prefer to have 10% of direct materials required for the following month's production in ending inventory as well. What is the total cost of direct materials for October to meet production needs?