Use reasoning to answer the following question.
Ricky has 40 roses. His little sister steals 4 roses. If he wants to give away the rest of the roses in equal portions to 9 different people, how many roses will each person get?

4
After Ricky’s little sister takes 4 roses, Ricky has 40 - 4 = 36 roses.

Ricky can give each person 36 / 9 = 4 roses.

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Thus, the answer is 4