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Which is correct?

Given 240kph = 149mph

How does one say this?

-240kph equal 149mph.
-240kph equals 149mph.
-240kph is equal to 149mph.
-240kph are equal to 149mph.

Is 240kph singular or plural (kilometre or kilometres)?
Or 240kph is a separate kind of thing?

edit note. I have deleted all spaces, periods, and parentheticals above. The reason is that a quantity and symbol can take a different tense than a quantifier and unit expression abbreviation. The ongoing edits were changing the grammar of the sentences. A symbol is grammatically inert. An abbreviation is not.

It might be worth considering the alternative sentences using abbreviations.

They may well have a different answer.

-240 kph. equal 149 mph.
-240 kph. equals 149 mph.
-240 kph. is equal to 149 mph.
-240 kph. are equal to 149 mph.

Which is correct?

Given 240 kph (240 kilometres per hour) = 149 mph (149 miles per hour)

How does one say this?

-240 kph equal 149 mph.
-240 kph equals 149 mph.
-240 kph is equal to 149 mph.
-240 kph are equal to 149 mph.

Is 240 kph singular or plural (kilometre or kilometres)?
Or 240 kph is a separate kind of thing?

Which is correct?

Given 240 kph (240 kilometres per hour) = 149 mph (149 miles per hour)

How does one say this?

-240 kph equal 149 mph.
-240 kph equals 149 mph.
-240 kph is equal to 149 mph.
-240 kph are equal to 149 mph.

Is 240 kph singular or plural (kilometre or kilometres)?
Or 240 kph is a separate kind of thing?

Which is correct?

Given 240kph = 149mph

How does one say this?

-240kph equal 149mph.
-240kph equals 149mph.
-240kph is equal to 149mph.
-240kph are equal to 149mph.

Is 240kph singular or plural (kilometre or kilometres)?
Or 240kph is a separate kind of thing?

edit note. I have deleted all spaces, periods, and parentheticals above. The reason is that a quantity and symbol can take a different tense than a quantifier and unit expression abbreviation. The ongoing edits were changing the grammar of the sentences. A symbol is grammatically inert. An abbreviation is not.

It might be worth considering the alternative sentences using abbreviations.

They may well have a different answer.

-240 kph. equal 149 mph.
-240 kph. equals 149 mph.
-240 kph. is equal to 149 mph.
-240 kph. are equal to 149 mph.

Which is correct?

Given 240 kph (240 kilometres per hour) = 149 mph (149 miles per hour)

How does one say this?

-240 kph equal 149 mph.
-240 kph equals 149 mph.
-240 kph is equal to 149 mph.
-240 kph are 149 mph.

Is 240 kph singular or plural (kilometre or kilometres)?
Or 240 kph is a separate kind of thing?

Which is correct?

Given 240 kph (240 kilometres per hour) = 149 mph (149 miles per hour)

How does one say this?

-240 kph equal 149 mph.
-240 kph equals 149 mph.
-240 kph is equal to 149 mph.
-240 kph are equal to 149 mph.

Is 240 kph singular or plural (kilometre or kilometres)?
Or 240 kph is a separate kind of thing?