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!
The phrasing for this puzzle is actually "What 2 coins make 30 cents if one of them is not a nickel?"
The answer of course is a 25-cent piece and a nickel. The question says only one coin can't be a nickel, and that's the 25-cent piece.
The correct statement of the puzzle is "What 2 coins make 30 cents if one of them is not a nickel?"
The answer of course is a quarter and a nickel - the quarter is the one that's not a nickel!
A quarter and a nickel. That makes thirty cents, and one of them is not a nickel (the quarter).
The two coins that are 30 cents are a nickel and a quarter.
3 quarters & 2 nickels
3 dimes, 13 nickels, and 14 cents
Three nickels, ten pennies.
10 pennies and 3 nickels.
1 quarter, 6 nickels, and 1 penny equal 56 cents.
2 dimes 3 pennies 4 nickels
Three dimes, three nickels, five pennies
3 dimes 3 nickels 1 penny.
four dimes equal 40 cents ten nickels equal fifty cents ten pennies equal 10 cents Add the 3 groups of coins for one dollar
1 Quarter, 2 Nickels, 3 Pennies....
Two quarters, one dime, four nickels, five pennies
Since the smallest of these currency values (the nickel) is equal to 5 cents, the number of five cent coins that go into a dollar is equal to 20. It is impossible to have a combination of 35 nickels and dimes whose sum is exactly equal to a dollar.