Question: Learning TreeLearning Tree Corporation makes interlocking children's blocks in a single processing department. Direct materials are added at the start of production. Conversion costs are

Learning TreeLearning Tree Corporation makes interlocking children's blocks in a single processing department. Direct materials are added at the start of production. Conversion costs are added evenly throughout production. Learning TreeLearning Tree uses the weighted-average method of process costing. The following information for October 2017

is available.

Equivalent Units

Physical

Direct

Conversion

Units

Materials

Costs

Work in process,

OctoberOctober

1

50,000a

50,000

35,000

Started in OctoberOctober

65,000

Completed and transferred out during OctoberOctober

65,000

65,000

65,000

Work in process,

OctoberOctober

31

50,000b

50,000

15,000

Superscript aaDegreeof completion: direct materials, 100%; conversion costs, 70%.

Superscript bbDegree of completion: direct materials, 100%; conversion costs, 30%.

Total Costs for October 2017

Work in process, beginning

Direct materials

$6,000

Conversion costs

30,000

$36,000

Direct materials added during October

40,000

Conversion costs added during October

90,000

Total costs to account for

$166,000

Requirement 1. Summarize total costs to account for and calculate cost per equivalent unit for direct materials and conversion costs.

Begin by summarizing the total costs to account for.

Total

Direct

Conversion

Production Costs

Materials

Costs

Total costs to account for

Now calculate cost per equivalent unit for direct materials and conversion costs. (Round the cost per equivalent unit amounts to the nearest cent.)

Direct

Conversion

Materials

Costs

Divide by

Cost per equivalent unit

Requirement 2. Assign total costs to units completed (and transferred out) and to units in ending work in process.

Total

Direct

Conversion

Production Costs

Materials

Costs

Completed and transferred out

Work in process, ending

Total costs accounted for

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