Sherman has budgeted sales for the upcoming quarter as follows:

	April	May	June
Units	1,800	2,100	1,950

The desired ending finished goods inventory for each month is one-half of next month's budgeted sales. Three pounds of direct material are required for each unit produced. If direct material costs $6 per pound, and must be paid for in the month of purchase, the budgeted direct materials purchases (in dollars) for April are: