If I understand you correctly, you have two quarters. One quarter is worth 25 cents, that times two equals 50 cents!
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!
A half dollar and a nickel. One of them isn't a nickel, the other one is.
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.
The two coins that are 30 cents are a nickel and a quarter.
25 cents plus 5 cents = 30 cents. One of these coins is not a nickel.
a half dollar and 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
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).
Quarter and a nickel One is not a nickel, but the other one is.
A nickel and a half dollar. The OTHER coin is the nickel.
A half dollar (which is not a nickel) and a nickel.