The one is a quarter and the other one is a nickel
25 cents plus 5 cents = 30 cents. One of these coins is not a nickel.
You have a quarter and a nickel. Only ONE coin can't be a nickel, not both.
In US currency, a quarter (25 cents) and a nickel (5 cents.)
The puzzle actually reads "What two coins equal 30 cents but one of them is not a nickel?"The answer of course is a quarter and a nickel. The quarter is the coin that's not a nickel!
A quarter and a 5-cent nickel (or half-dime) would make 30 cents.
Three dimes 30 one-cent coins A quarter and 5 one-cent coins
With US coins, a half-dollar and two nickels, or two quarters and a dime. If you have 20-cent coins, 3 of those, or the 50 cent and two 5 cent coins.
A total of five coins.
A quarter and a nickel. The other one is the nickel.
To make 35 cents in change using five coins, you can use 2 dimes (20 cents), 1 nickel (5 cents), and 2 pennies (2 cents). This combination totals 35 cents. Alternatively, you could also use 3 dimes (30 cents) and 1 nickel (5 cents).
It would be a quarter an a nickel. The question said one of the coins is not a nickel, not both.
14 nickels = 70 cents 3 dimes = 30 cents 14 nickels + 3 dimes = 1.00