The following information comes from the accounting records for Chelsea, Inc., for May: Direct materials inventory, May 1 $ 18,100
Direct materials inventory, May 31 15,700
Work-in-process inventory, May 1 8,500
Work-in-process inventory, May 31 6,600
Finished goods inventory, May 1 54,200
Finished goods inventory, May 31 72,400
Direct materials purchased during May 84,900
Direct labor costs, May 59,000
Manufacturing overhead, May 79,700
Required:
a. Compute the total prime costs for the month of May.
b. Compute the total conversion costs for the month of May.
c. Compute the total manufacturing costs for the month of May.
d. Compute the cost of goods manufactured for the month of May.
e. Compute the cost of goods sold for the month of May.

Accublade castings inc. casts blades for turbine engines. within the casting department, alloy is first melted in a crucible, then poured into molds to produce the castings. on may 1, there were 230 pounds of alloy in process, which were 60% complete as to conversion. the work in process balance for these 230 pounds was $32,844, determined as follows: exercises during may, the casting department was charged $350,000 for 2,500 pounds of alloy and $19,840 for direct labor. factory overhead is applied to the department at a rate of 150% of direct labor. the department transferred out 2,530 pounds of finished castings to the machining department. the may 31 inventory in process was 44% complete as to conversion. prepare the following may journal entries for the casting department: the materials charged to production the conversion costs charged to production the completed production transferred to the machining department determine the work in process"casting department may 31 balance.

The plastic flowerpots company has two manufacturing departments, molding and packaging. at the beginning of the month, the molding department has 2,100 units in inventory, 70% complete as to materials. during the month, the molding department started 18,500 units. at the end of the month, the molding department had 3,150 units in ending inventory, 80% complete as to materials. units completed in the molding department are transferred into the packaging department. cost information for the molding department for the month follows: beginning work in process inventory (direct materials) $ 1,300 direct materials added during the month 28,900 using the weighted-average method, compute the molding department's (a) equivalent units of production for materials and (b) cost per equivalent unit of production for materials for the month. (round "cost per equivalent unit of production" to 2 decimal places.)

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