Haft Construction Company determines that 54,000 pounds of direct materials are needed for production in July. There are 3,200 pounds of direct materials on hand at July 1 and the desired ending inventory is 2,800 pounds. If the cost per unit of direct materials is $3, what is the budgeted total cost of direct materials purchases?

cost of direct materials purchases 160,800

Explanation:

pounds required for production 54,000

desired ending inventory 2,800

total needs 56,800

beginning inventory (3,200)

units to be purchased 53,600

cost per unit of direct materials 3

cost of direct materials purchases 160,800

Notes:

The pounds for production and the ending inventory are the raw materials demand.

The beginning inventory is a portion we already have, so we need to purchase less.

Then, we multiply the pounds to be purchased by their cost to get the total cost for direct materials