The budget components for Flounder Company for the quarter ended June 30 appear below. Flounder sells high performance coolers for $120 each. Budgeted sales and production for the next three months are:
Sales
Production
April
20,900 units
26,500 units
May
49,600 units
46,700 units
June
31,900 units
28,400 units
Flounder desires to have coolers on hand at the end of each month equal to 30 percent of the following month’s budgeted sales in units. On March 31, Flounder had 6,270 completed units on hand. Five pounds of plastic are required for each cooler. At the end of each month, Flounder desires to have 10 percent of the following month’s production material needs on hand. At March 31, Flounder had 13,250 pounds of plastic on hand. The materials used in production cost $0.60 per pound. The production of each cooler requires 0.10 hours of direct labor.
Determine the budgeted cost of direct materials purchases for the month of April.