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WAEC SSCE - Financial Accounting - 2018 (Objective)

Question 1 Report

Use the following information to answer the question that follows

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Direct material used64,000
Direct labour30,000
Production overheads22,000
Work-in-progress at beginning9,000
Work-in-progress at close14,000

Prime cost of production is?

Answer Details
The prime cost of production is the sum of direct materials and direct labor costs. In this case, the direct material used is N64,000 and the direct labor cost is N30,000. Therefore, the prime cost of production is N64,000 + N30,000 = N94,000. We do not need to consider the production overheads or the work-in-progress at the beginning and end since they are not part of the prime cost of production. Prime cost only considers the direct costs associated with the production of goods, which are the direct materials and direct labor costs.