25 cents plus 5 cents = 30 cents. One of these coins is not a nickel.
A quarter and a nickel. The other one is the nickel.
You have a quarter and a nickel. Only ONE coin can't be a nickel, not both.
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 half dollar and a nickel. One of them isn't a nickel, the other one is.
The one is a quarter and the other one is a nickel
One nickel and five pennies.
A half dollar and a nickel. One of them isn't a nickel, the other one is.
A half dollar and a nickel. One of them isn't a nickel, the other one is.
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!
Could the original question be "You have two coins that equal fifty-five cents and one is not a nickel"? If so, the answer would be "one is a half-dollar (not a nickel) and the other one is a nickel".