1. Perez, Inc. recently completed 45,000 units of a product that was expected to consume 5 pounds of direct material per finished unit. The standard price of the direct material was $5.50 per pound. If the firm purchased and consumed 233,000 pounds in manufacturing (cost = $1,213,900), the direct-material quantity variance would be figured as:
2. The following data relate to product no. 89 of Mansion Corporation:

Direct material standard: 4 square feet at $2.60 per square foot

Direct material purchased: 29,000 square feet at $2.80 per square foot

Direct material consumed: 28,500 square feet

Manufacturing activity: 7,000 units completed

Assume that the company computes variances at the earliest point in time.

1. The direct-material quantity variance is: