It’s raining, it’s pouring, and for once, Uncle Norm isn’t asleep and snoring! In fact, he needs a better umbrella, but he only has a pile of uncounted change to spend. Kevin takes him to the banker, who explains how they can sort the coins, and teaches them all about different currencies and types of money. Will Uncle Norm have enough to buy an umbrella?

The Gist: This episode is about distinguishing between quantity and value with respect to coins, and about combinations of coins (such as 25 pennies, 2 dimes and 5 pennies, 5 nickels, or 1 quarter), an important concept in composing and decomposing numbers.