Determine the degree of each term.
$-6$

• A. $1$
• B. $0$
• C. $6$
• D. $-1$

Answer: (B)

Verified step by step guidance

1. Identify each term given in the problem. The terms are constants: \(-6\) and \(1\).
2. Recall that the degree of a term is the sum of the exponents of the variables in that term. If there are no variables, the term is a constant.
3. Since both \(-6\) and \(1\) are constants with no variables, their degree is \(0\) because constants can be thought of as having variables raised to the zero power (e.g., \(x^{0} = 1\)).
4. Therefore, the degree of the term \(-6\) is \(0\), and the degree of the term \(1\) is also \(0\).
5. Note that the sign or coefficient of a constant does not affect its degree; only the presence and exponents of variables matter.