Denny receives a gross wage of $10.50 for every hour he works in a regular 40-hour work week. For every hour over 40 hours that Denny works in one week, he receives 1.5 times his hourly wage. In a given week, Denny works 54 hours. What were Denny’s total gross earnings for that week?

The ACT Mathematics Test contains 60 questions to be answered in 60 minutes.  The hardest ACT math questions (the last 10 to 15 questions) fall into two types: advanced concepts and complex questions. Advanced concepts questions cover what you learn in precalculus and trigonometry. FYI: Students that get into Harvard College have an ACT score of 34–36.