Evaluate 6*6^-1

$6 \times 6^{- 1}$

Multiply $6$ by $6^{- 1}$ by adding the exponents.

Multiply $6$ by $6^{- 1}$ .

Raise $6$ to the power of $1$ .

$6^{1} \cdot 6^{- 1}$

Use the power rule $a^{m} a^{n} = a^{m + n}$ to combine exponents.

$6^{1 - 1}$

Subtract $1$ from $1$ .

$6^{0}$

Simplify $6^{0}$ .

$1$