A chess set is on sale for $75.00, which is 40% off of its original price. What was the original price of the chess set?

Okay, to solve this, let's use the variable 'p' to represent the original price:

Because we know the amount of discount and the percentage off, we know that 60% of the original price is $75.

Knowing this, we can write an equation:

0.6p = 75

There are multiple ways to solve this, but I'll just use the method I prefer

6p = 750

p = 750/6

p = 125

The original price of the chess set was $125