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!
3 quarters & 2 nickels
3 dimes, 13 nickels, and 14 cents
10 pennies and 3 nickels.
Three nickels, ten pennies.
1 quarter, 6 nickels, and 1 penny equal 56 cents.
2 dimes 3 pennies 4 nickels
3 dimes 3 nickels 1 penny.
Three dimes, three nickels, five pennies
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
$4. A nickel is 5 cents, so $1 is 100 cents / 5 cents = 20 coins. Finally, 80/20 = 4.