Preble Company manufactures one product. Its variable manufacturing overhead is applied to production based on direct labor-hours and its standard cost card per unit is as follows: Direct material: 5 pounds at $8.00 per pound $40.00 Direct labor: 2 hours at $14 per hour28.00 Variable overhead: 2 hours at $5 per hour 10.00 Total standard variable cost per unit $78.00.The company also established the following cost formulas for its selling expenses:Fixed Cost per Month Variable Cost per Unit Sold Advertising $200,000 Sales salaries and commissions$100,000 $12.00Shipping expenses $3.00 The planning budget for March was based on producing and selling 25,000 units. However, during March the company actually produced and sold 30,000 units and incurred the following costs:Purchased 160,000 pounds of raw materials at a cost of $7.50 per pound. All of this material was used in production. Direct-laborers worked 55,000 hours at a rate of $15.00 per hour. Total variable manufacturing overhead for the month was $280,500. Total advertising, sales salaries and commissions, and shipping expenses were $210,000, $455,000, and $115,000, respectively.
1. What raw materials cost would be included in the company's flexible budget from March?
2. What is the raw materials quantity variance from March?