Chapter 2 – Basic Managerial Accounting Concepts
160. Picture It Inc. manufactures customized wooden frames. The direct materials needed to construct the frames are
wood, glass and cardboard. Picture It has 22 employees who work a 40-hour work week and are each paid $17 per hour.
The company produced and sold 900 frames in the month of September.
During the month of September the following purchases were made to produce the 900 frames:
Wood—4000 ft. at $1.20/ft.
Glass—400 pieces at $5.60/piece
Cardboard—500 pieces at $0.50/piece
Required:
1. Calculate the total product cost for the month. Assume that all employees worked four full weeks in September and that
the company incurred $55,000 in overhead costs.
2. Calculate the per-unit cost.
3. Calculate the gross margin for the month of September assuming that the company sells each frame for $250.
161. Tucker Company, a manufacturing firm, has supplied the following information from its accounting records for the
month of April.
Purchases of raw materials
Cost of goods sold
$560,000 / $56 = 10,000 units
10,000 × $34 − ($200,000 of direct labor cost) = $140,000
10,000 × $42 − ($200,000 of direct labor cost) = $220,000
Sales revenue (10,000 × $100)
Cost of goods sold
560,000
Gross margin
$ 440,000
Gross margin
$ 440,000
Less: Sell. and admin.
240,000
Operating income
$ 200,000