On Monday a team of street sweepers cleaned 2 1/2 city blocks Tuesday the team cleaned 1/4 as many blocks as on Monday how many city blocks did the streets sweepers clean on tuesday

On Tuesday they cleaned 5/8 of a block.

Step-by-step explanation:

2 1/2 city blocks on Monday

Tuesday: 1/4 of Monday's amount

On Tuesday the cleaned 1/4 of 2 1/2

1/4 * 2 1/2 =

= 1/4 * 5/2

= 5/8

Answer: On Tuesday they cleaned 5/8 of a block.