What is the standard deviation of these returns

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Question 1

A stock has yielded returns of 6 percent, 10 percent, 10 percent, and -4 percent over the past four years, respectively. What is the standard deviation of these returns?

Question 2

You purchased 1,500 shares of DFC stock five years ago and have earned annual returns of 5.8 percent, 18.8 percent, 6.81 percent, -5.7 percent, and 12.8 percent, respectively. What is your arithmetic average return?

Question 3

Suppose a stock had an initial price of $65 per share, paid a dividend of $0.61 per share during the year, and had an ending share price of $82. What was the capital gains yield?

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