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This is a riddle that plays on the way numbers are written. If you take the letter "1" out of the word "four," you are left with "for," which sounds like the number "four." Therefore, you have taken 1 from 4 and left 5, in terms of the wordplay involved.

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Do it in Roman Numerals, and with an unconventional interpretation of "take from". The I in the Roman Numeral IV already means take this away from what follows, so taking away the I is really adding it back.

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