Yummy Foods expects to have 40,000 pounds of raw materials inventory on hand on March 31, the end of the current year. The company budgets the following production (in units) for April through July, inclusive:

April	124,000
May	134,000
June	147,000
July	124,000

At the end of each month the firm desires its ending raw material inventory to be 10% of the next month's production needs. Each finished unit requires four pounds of raw materials. Yummy Foods budgeted purchases for raw materials (in pounds) during April should be:

Multiple Choice

• 231,000.

• 496,000.

• 509,600.

• 549,600.

• 589,600.