Reference no: EM131793542

Question - Classify each of the following costs incurred in manufacturing bicycles as variable (V), fixed (F), or mixed (M) cost using number of units produced as the activity measure).  Also indicate whether the cost in direct material (DM), direct labor (DI), or overheard (OH).

a. Factory supervision.

b. Aluminum tubing

c. Rims

d. Emblem

e. Gearbox

f. Straight-line depreciation on painting machine

g. Fenders

h. Raw material inventory clerk's wages

i. Quality control inspector's salary

j. Handlebars

k. Metal worker's wages

l. Roller chain

m. Spokes (assuming cost is considered significant)

n. Paint (assuming cost is considered significant)

Wayside Machine Tool Company purchased a $600,000 welding machine to use in production of large machine tools and robots.  The welding machine was expected to have a life of 10 years and a salvage value at time of disposition of $60,000.  The company uses straight-line depreciation.  During its first operating year, the machine produced 600 machines of which 480 were sold.

a. What part of the $600,000 machine cost expired?

b. Where would each of the amounts related to this machine appear on the financial statements at the end of the first year of operations?

The cost of goods sold in March 2010 for Targe Co. was $2,644,100.  March 31 Work in Process Inventory was 25 percent of the March 1 Work in Process Inventory.  Overhead was 225 percent of direct labor cost.  During March, $1,182,000 of direct material was purchased.  Other March information follows:

Inventories                    March 1                March 31

Direct Material                $30,000              $42,000

Work in Process             $90,000                    ?

Finished Goods              $125,000              $18,400

a. Prepare a schedule of the cost of goods sold for March.

b. Prepare the March cost of goods manufactured schedule.

c. What was the amount of prime cost incurred in March?

d. What was the amount of conversion cost incurred in March?