5. Daisies grew along the path. Between every two daisies, a cornflower grew, and then between each cornflower and daisy - a dandelion. It turned out that now 101 flowers grow along the path. How many daisies grow along the path?
Solution. If at some point there are $n$ flowers growing, then there are $n-1$ gaps between them, so $n-1$ flowers grow between them, and the total becomes $2n-1$ flowers. (The absence of this phrase does not result in a score reduction). Let's move to the solution from the end. After the dandelions appear, there are 101 flowers, so before that, there were $(101+1): 2=51$ flowers. This means that the total of cornflowers and daisies was 51. Therefore, the number of daisies is $(51+1): 2=26$.

Answer. 26 daisies.