The puzzle is actually stated "You have two coins worth 55 cents and one of them is not a nickel. What are they?"
The answer of course is a half dollar and a nickel. The half dollar is the coin that isn't a nickel!
You have a half dollar and a nickel. The trick part of the question is that only one of the two coins isn't a nickel, not both!
10c and 5c "one of the coins is not a 10c" doesn't mean the other isn't :P
If I understand you correctly, you have two quarters. One quarter is worth 25 cents, that times two equals 50 cents!
one is a fifty cent, the other is a half disme. Dime)
Two quarters
It is: You have two coins totalling 15 cents, one of them is not a nickel. What are they? The other one is a nickel, and one dime.
25 cents plus 5 cents = 30 cents. One of these coins is not a nickel.
The correct question is: You have two coins that equal 30 cents, and one of them isn't a nickel. Answer: a quarter and a nickel
a half dollar and a nickel
A nickel and a half dollar. The OTHER coin is the nickel.
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!
One is a quarter, the other is a nickel.
The actual wording of this puzzle is "What two coins equal 55 cents if one of them is not a nickel?"The answer of course is a half dollar and a nickel. The half is the coin that's not a nickel.
You have a half dollar and a nickel. One of them, the half dollar, is not a nickel.
A half dollar and a nickel. One of them isn't a nickel, the other one is.
One is a nickel and one is a dime. The one that is NOT A NICKEL is the dime!
A quarter and a nickel. The other one is the nickel.